diff --git a/source/lib/replace/libreplace.m4 b/source/lib/replace/libreplace.m4
index e9b19b7..e430a7f 100644
--- a/source/lib/replace/libreplace.m4
+++ b/source/lib/replace/libreplace.m4
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stdarg.h vararg.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/socket.h netinet/in.h netdb.h arpa/inet.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(netinet/ip.h netinet/tcp.h netinet/in_systm.h netinet/in_ip.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/sockio.h sys/un.h)
-
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stropts.h)
 
 dnl we need to check that net/if.h really can be used, to cope with hpux
 dnl where including it always fails
diff --git a/source/lib/replace/system/network.h b/source/lib/replace/system/network.h
index 5e648dc..4d9e9fd 100644
--- a/source/lib/replace/system/network.h
+++ b/source/lib/replace/system/network.h
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@
 #include "lib/socket_wrapper/socket_wrapper.h"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_STROPTS_H
+#include <stropts.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef REPLACE_INET_NTOA
 char *rep_inet_ntoa(struct in_addr ip);
 #define inet_ntoa rep_inet_ntoa