diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 959f3149..07fbe6c4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ AC_FUNC_MEMCMP
 AC_FUNC_MMAP
 AC_FUNC_VPRINTF
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(time mktime localtime clock_gettime strdup strcasecmp strncasecmp strerror setlocale)
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(posix_memalign memalign valloc memfd_create poll select)
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(posix_memalign memalign valloc memfd_create access poll select)
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(UDEV, [libudev >= 200], have_udev="yes", have_udev="no; need libudev 200+")