diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 528a7a9..a765fc7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ AS_IF([test x"$with_skalibs" != xno],
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([arpa/inet.h curses.h fcntl.h langinfo.h limits.h locale.h netinet/in.h stddef.h stdint.h stdlib.h string.h sys/ioctl.h sys/resource.h sys/socket.h sys/time.h term.h termios.h unistd.h wchar.h wctype.h], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Missing required header file.])])
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([pty.h util.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([endian.h sys/endian.h])
 
 # Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
 AC_HEADER_STDBOOL
@@ -159,7 +160,11 @@ AC_CHECK_DECL([htobe64],
         [Define if OSSwapHostToBigInt64 and friends exist.])],
      [AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to find byte swapping functions])],
      [[#include <libkern/OSByteOrder.h>]])],
-  [[#include <endian.h>]])
+  [[#if defined(HAVE_ENDIAN_H)
+#include <endian.h>
+#elif defined(HAVE_SYS_ENDIAN_H)
+#include <sys/endian.h>
+#endif]])
 
 AC_CHECK_DECL([IP_MTU_DISCOVER],
   [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_IP_MTU_DISCOVER], [1],
diff --git a/src/crypto/byteorder.h b/src/crypto/byteorder.h
index f0c7f06..549ff4d 100644
--- a/src/crypto/byteorder.h
+++ b/src/crypto/byteorder.h
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_HTOBE64
-# include <endian.h>
+# if defined(HAVE_ENDIAN_H)
+#  include <endian.h>
+# elif defined(HAVE_SYS_ENDIAN_H)
+#  include <sys/endian.h>
+# endif
 #elif HAVE_OSX_SWAP
 # include <libkern/OSByteOrder.h>
 # define htobe64 OSSwapHostToBigInt64