diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 11db62d6..49cc43e7 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ AC_HEADER_SYS_WAIT
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([arpa/inet.h fcntl.h netinet/in.h stdlib.h string.h \
 sys/socket.h sys/time.h unistd.h sys/sendfile.h sys/uio.h \
 getopt.h sys/epoll.h sys/select.h poll.h sys/poll.h sys/devpoll.h sys/filio.h \
-sys/mman.h sys/event.h sys/port.h winsock2.h pwd.h \
+sys/mman.h sys/event.h sys/port.h winsock2.h pwd.h sys/syslimits.h \
 sys/resource.h sys/un.h syslog.h])
 
 # Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
diff --git a/src/response.c b/src/response.c
index c01e9454..dcc77124 100644
--- a/src/response.c
+++ b/src/response.c
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 #include <attr/attributes.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SYSLIMITS_H
+#include <sys/syslimits.h>
+#endif
+
 int http_response_write_basic_header(server *srv, connection *con) {
 	size_t i;
 	buffer *b;