diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 04980218c1..4150fad185 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(semtimedop)
 # HPUX has a bug in .h files. To detect it we need C++ here.
 AC_LANG_PUSH(C++)
 #AC_CHECK_FUNCS(posix_fadvise)
-AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
+AC_LINK_IFELSE(
 	[AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <fcntl.h>]], [[posix_fadvise(0, 0, 0, 0);]])],
 	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_POSIX_FADVISE, 1, [Define this if posix_fadvise() is present on the platform]))
 AC_LANG_POP(C++)