diff --git a/legacy/ecore/Makefile.am b/legacy/ecore/Makefile.am
index 8a6ef9af22..b7be982153 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/ecore/Makefile.am
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ m4/ecore_check_module.m4 \
 m4/ecore_check_options.m4 \
 m4/efl_doxygen.m4 \
 m4/efl_path_max.m4 \
+m4/efl_shm_open.m4 \
 m4/efl_tests.m4 \
 m4/efl_threads.m4
 
diff --git a/legacy/ecore/configure.ac b/legacy/ecore/configure.ac
index 3d93c9b094..0641ac05ac 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/ecore/configure.ac
@@ -1434,59 +1434,8 @@ if ! test "x${have_atfile_source}" = "xno" ; then
       ])
 fi
 
-SHM_OPEN_LIBS=""
-
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether shm_open is in libc])
-AC_LINK_IFELSE(
-   [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
-       [[
-#include <sys/mman.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-       ]],
-       [[
-int fd;
-fd = shm_open("/", O_RDWR | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
-shm_unlink("/");
-       ]])],
-   [
-    have_shm_open="yes"
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SHM_OPEN, 1, [Have shm_open() call])
-   ],
-   [have_shm_open="no"])
-LIBS="${LIBS_save}"
-AC_MSG_RESULT([${have_shm_open}])
-
-if ! test "x${have_shm_open}" = "xyes" ; then
-   AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether shm_open is in librt])
-   LIBS_save="${LIBS}"
-   LIBS="${LIBS} -lrt"
-   AC_LINK_IFELSE(
-      [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
-          [[
-#include <sys/mman.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-          ]],
-          [[
-int fd;
-fd = shm_open("/", O_RDWR | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
-shm_unlink("/");
-          ]])],
-      [
-       have_shm_open="yes"
-       AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SHM_OPEN, 1, [Have shm_open() call])
-       SHM_OPEN_LIBS="-lrt"
-      ],
-      [have_shm_open="no"])
-   LIBS="${LIBS_save}"
-   AC_MSG_RESULT([${have_shm_open}])
-fi
-
-AC_SUBST([SHM_OPEN_LIBS])
-
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether shm_open is available])
-AC_MSG_RESULT([${have_shm_open}])
+# shm_open
+EFL_CHECK_SHM_OPEN([have_shm_open="yes"], [have_shm_open="no"])
 
 ### Checks for optionnal feature
 AC_CHECK_FUNC([mallinfo],
diff --git a/legacy/ecore/m4/efl_shm_open.m4 b/legacy/ecore/m4/efl_shm_open.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bf1b0b7ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/legacy/ecore/m4/efl_shm_open.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+dnl Copyright (C) 2010 Vincent Torri <vtorri at univ-evry dot fr>
+dnl That code is public domain and can be freely used or copied.
+
+dnl Macro that check if shm_open function is available or not.
+
+dnl Usage: EFL_CHECK_SHM_OPEN([, ACTION-IF-FOUND [, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]])
+dnl Call AC_SUBST(EFL_SHM_OPEN_LIBS)
+dnl Define HAVE_SHM_OPEN to 1if shm_open is available
+
+AC_DEFUN([EFL_CHECK_SHM_OPEN],
+[
+_efl_have_shm_open="no"
+
+dnl Check is shm_open is in libc
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for shm_open in libc])
+AC_LINK_IFELSE(
+   [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+       [[
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>        /* For mode constants */
+#include <fcntl.h>           /* For O_* constants */
+       ]],
+       [[
+int fd;
+
+fd = shm_open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
+       ]])],
+   [_efl_have_shm_open="yes"],
+   [_efl_have_shm_open="no"])
+
+AC_MSG_RESULT([${_efl_have_shm_open}])
+
+if test "x$_efl_have_shm_open" = "xno" ; then
+   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for shm_open in librt])
+
+   LIBS_save="${LIBS}"
+   LIBS="${LIBS} -lrt"
+   AC_LINK_IFELSE(
+      [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+          [[
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>        /* For mode constants */
+#include <fcntl.h>           /* For O_* constants */
+          ]],
+          [[
+int fd;
+
+fd = shm_open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
+          ]])],
+      [
+       EFL_SHM_OPEN_LIBS="-lrt"
+       _efl_have_shm_open="yes"],
+      [_efl_have_shm_open="no"])
+
+   LIBS="${LIBS_save}"
+
+   AC_MSG_RESULT([${_efl_have_shm_open}])
+fi
+
+AC_SUBST([EFL_SHM_OPEN_LIBS])
+
+if test "x$_efl_have_shm_open" = "xyes" ; then
+   AC_DEFINE([HAVE_SHM_OPEN], [1], [Define to 1 if you have the `shm_open' function.])
+fi
+
+AS_IF([test "x$_efl_have_shm_open" = "xyes"], [$1], [$2])
+
+])
diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_evas/Makefile.am b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_evas/Makefile.am
index c85af09400..cd7f37beea 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_evas/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_evas/Makefile.am
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ $(top_builddir)/src/lib/ecore/libecore.la \
 @EVAS_LIBS@ \
 @EINA_LIBS@ \
 @EVIL_LIBS@ \
-@SHM_OPEN_LIBS@ \
+@EFL_SHM_OPEN_LIBS@ \
 @WAYLAND_EGL_LIBS@
 
 libecore_evas_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined @lt_enable_auto_import@ -version-info @version_info@ @release_info@