diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 38f49e082c..02dd1c6a03 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3332,7 +3332,7 @@ disabled  zlib || check_lib   zlib.h      zlibVersion -lz   || disable  zlib
 disabled bzlib || check_lib2 bzlib.h BZ2_bzlibVersion -lbz2 || disable bzlib
 
 if ! disabled w32threads && ! enabled pthreads; then
-    check_func _beginthreadex && enable w32threads
+    check_func_headers "windows.h process.h" _beginthreadex && enable w32threads
 fi
 
 # check for some common methods of building with pthread support