diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4cec08fb..bff779ae 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([alarm alphasort atexit bzero dup2 endgrent endpwent fcntl \
 		memset mkdir scandir select socket strcasecmp strchr strdup \
 		strerror strrchr strspn strstr pthread_spin_lock \
 		pthread_spin_unlock pthread_setschedparam \
-		sched_get_priority_max])
+		sched_get_priority_max sched_setscheduler])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
 		 exec/Makefile
diff --git a/exec/main.c b/exec/main.c
index 5bbf5540..2fdb62e5 100644
--- a/exec/main.c
+++ b/exec/main.c
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ static struct coroipcs_init_state ipc_init_state = {
 
 static void corosync_setscheduler (void)
 {
-#if defined(HAVE_PTHREAD_SETSCHEDPARAM) && defined(HAVE_SCHED_GET_PRIORITY_MAX)
+#if defined(HAVE_PTHREAD_SETSCHEDPARAM) && defined(HAVE_SCHED_GET_PRIORITY_MAX) && defined(HAVE_SCHED_SETSCHEDULER)
 	int res;
 
 	sched_priority = sched_get_priority_max (SCHED_RR);