diff --git a/legacy/ecore/configure.ac b/legacy/ecore/configure.ac
index 369749c6a3..47190117df 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/ecore/configure.ac
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([EVAS], [evas >= 1.0.0],
 
 ### Checks for header files
 
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/select.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/select.h sys/prctl.h])
 
 EFL_CHECK_PATH_MAX
 
diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_exe.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_exe.c
index 239063f66d..94b8731e3c 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_exe.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_exe.c
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#ifdef __linux__
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H
 # include <sys/prctl.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -1512,7 +1513,7 @@ _ecore_exe_exec_it(const char *exe_cmd, Ecore_Exe_Flags flags)
           }
      }
 
-#ifdef __linux__
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H
    if ((flags & ECORE_EXE_TERM_WITH_PARENT))
      {
         prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, SIGTERM);