diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6af75aba..bc7b882c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ dnl ================================================================
 dnl library checks.
 dnl ================================================================
 
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([endian.h])   dnl Linux
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([fcntl.h])    dnl POSIX
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([getopt.h])   dnl POSIX
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([locale.h])   dnl C89
diff --git a/src/include/compat/endian.h b/src/include/compat/endian.h
index afee523a..7bc8804a 100644
--- a/src/include/compat/endian.h
+++ b/src/include/compat/endian.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #ifndef ENDIAN_H_COMPAT_SHIM
 #define ENDIAN_H_COMPAT_SHIM
 
-#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)
+#if defined(HAVE_ENDIAN_H)
 #	pragma GCC system_header // Silence "warning: #include_next is a GCC extension"
 #	include_next <endian.h>
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)