diff --git a/legacy/eina/configure.ac b/legacy/eina/configure.ac
index 054c0e9cff..2401b71420 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/eina/configure.ac
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ EFL_LINKER_FLAG([-fno-strict-aliasing])
 ### Checks for library functions
 AC_ISC_POSIX
 AC_FUNC_ALLOCA
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strlcpy dirfd openat fstatat fpathconf])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strlcpy dirfd openat fstatat fpathconf execvp])
 
 # dlopen and dladdr
 dlopen_libs=""
diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_file.c b/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_file.c
index dde64f4ecf..92d621528a 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_file.c
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_file.c
@@ -769,6 +769,7 @@ eina_file_open(const char *filename, Eina_Bool shared)
 
    if (fd < 0) return NULL;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_EXECVP
    flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFD);
    if (flags == -1)
      goto on_error;
@@ -776,6 +777,7 @@ eina_file_open(const char *filename, Eina_Bool shared)
    flags |= FD_CLOEXEC;
    if (fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, flags) == -1)
      goto on_error;
+#endif
 
    if (fstat(fd, &file_stat))
      goto on_error;