diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7775fff5732119318528a91e5822b3279b865378..3b213486cff035689924e799c8b377d2ad6ed866 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ dnl Check for C++17 support
 AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX(17,[ext],[mandatory])
 
 dnl Check for header files
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([arpa/inet.h fcntl.h libintl.h limits.h \
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([arpa/inet.h cxxabi.h fcntl.h libintl.h limits.h \
                   netdb.h netinet/in.h stdlib.h string.h \
                   sys/ioctl.h sys/socket.h sys/time.h unistd.h])