diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 83c4716699..a57a2f509f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $Id: configure.in,v 1.181 2003-11-10 11:25:05 aafemt Exp $
+dnl $Id: configure.in,v 1.182 2003-11-13 00:53:12 stryqx Exp $
 
 dnl ############################# INITIALISATION ###############################
 
@@ -510,6 +510,17 @@ case "$PLATFORM" in
 	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_POSIX_THREADS)
     ;;
 
+  FREEBSD)
+    dnl the AC_CHECK_TYPES for socklen_t doesn't include sys/socket.h
+    dnl so test for socklen_t with sys/socket.h included
+    AC_MSG_CHECKING(if sys/socket.h defines socklen_t)
+    AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <sys/types.h>
+       #include <sys/socket.h>],
+    [socklen_t s;],
+    [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SOCKLEN_T) AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)],
+    [AC_MSG_RESULT(no)])
+    ;;
+
   SOLARIS|solx86)
     dnl kkuznetsov: Solaris always check for -lnsl
     AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostname, XE_APPEND(-lnsl,LIBS))