diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a285eed9ea..acf3b606d0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2482,7 +2482,8 @@ echocheck "socklib"
 # for BeOS (socket stuff is in -lsocket, gethostbyname and friends in -lbind):
 cat > $TMPC << EOF
 #include <netdb.h>
-int main(void) { (void) gethostbyname(0); return 0; }
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+int main(void) { (void) gethostbyname(0); (void) socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0); return 0; }
 EOF
 for _ld_tmp in "-lsocket -lbind" "-lsocket -ldnet" "-lsocket -lnsl" "-lnsl" "-lsocket" ; do
   cc_check $_ld_tmp && _ld_sock="$_ld_tmp" && break