diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 00a6687ff5..be896a2e7b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3115,7 +3115,7 @@ EFL_EVAL_PKGS([ECORE_CON])
 
 ### Checks for header files
 
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ws2tcpip.h netdb.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ws2tcpip.h netdb.h sys/filio.h])
 
 if test "x${ac_cv_header_netdb_h}" = "xno" && test "x${have_windows}" = "xno"; then
    AC_MSG_ERROR([netdb.h is requested to have Ecore_Con. Exiting...])
diff --git a/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con.c b/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con.c
index 35eb4d091f..6ab3276370 100644
--- a/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con.c
+++ b/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con.c
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 # include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_FILIO_H
+# include <sys/filio.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef HAVE_SYSTEMD
 # include <systemd/sd-daemon.h>
 #endif