diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index dd02442f7..3abe14c6d 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -477,7 +477,8 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS( \
         winsock.h \
         time.h \
         io.h \
-        pwd.h
+        pwd.h \
+        utime.h
 )
 
 dnl Check for libz header
@@ -531,7 +532,8 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS( socket \
                 strlcat \
                 getpwuid \
                 geteuid \
-                dlopen
+                dlopen \
+                utime
 )
 
 dnl removed 'getpass' check on October 26, 2000
diff --git a/src/config.h.in b/src/config.h.in
index 62a020518..cfd34fd12 100644
--- a/src/config.h.in
+++ b/src/config.h.in
@@ -10,3 +10,9 @@
 
 /* Define if you have strdup() */
 #undef HAVE_STRDUP
+
+/* Define if you have utime() */
+#undef HAVE_UTIME
+
+/* Define if you have utime.h */
+#undef HAVE_UTIME_H