diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 845b096..95f0e97 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -655,6 +655,20 @@ then
   fi
 fi
 
+if ! test_code 'O_NOFOLLOW flag' 'sys/types.h sys/stat.h fcntl.h' '' "$LIBS" \
+  'return open("/dev/null", O_NOFOLLOW);'
+then
+  if test_code 'O_NOFOLLOW flag with _GNU_SOURCE' 'sys/types.h sys/stat.h fcntl.h' \
+    '-D_GNU_SOURCE' "$LIBS" \
+    'return open("/dev/null", O_NOFOLLOW);'
+  then
+    add_def _GNU_SOURCE
+  else
+    echo "error: open() does not support O_NOFOLLOW flag"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
 if [ $try_clock_gettime = "1" ]; then
   if test_code 'clock_gettime()' 'time.h' '' '' \
     'clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, NULL);'