diff --git a/legacy/edje/configure.in b/legacy/edje/configure.in
index 54748d406b..6ae7edb0c2 100644
--- a/legacy/edje/configure.in
+++ b/legacy/edje/configure.in
@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@ AM_ENABLE_SHARED
 AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
 AC_FUNC_ALLOCA
 
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(fnmatch.h,, AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find fnmatch.h. Make sure your CFLAGS environment variable contains include lines for the location of this file]))
+
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(fnmatch, res=yes, res=no)
+if test "x$res" = "xno"; then
+	AC_CHECK_LIB(fnmatch, fnmatch, res=yes, res=no)
+	if test "x$res" = "xno"; then
+		AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find fnmatch() in neither libc nor libfnmatch])
+	else
+		fnmatch_libs="-lfnmatch"
+	fi
+fi
+
+AC_SUBST(fnmatch_libs)
+
 if test "x${exec_prefix}" = "xNONE"; then
   if test "x${prefix}" = "xNONE"; then
     bindir="${ac_default_prefix}/bin";
diff --git a/legacy/edje/src/lib/Makefile.am b/legacy/edje/src/lib/Makefile.am
index f36678023d..110e9b16ec 100644
--- a/legacy/edje/src/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/edje/src/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ edje_container.h \
 edje_message_queue.c \
 edje_private.h
 
-libedje_la_LIBADD       = $(LDFLAGS) -lm @evas_libs@ @ecore_libs@ @eet_libs@ @embryo_libs@
+libedje_la_LIBADD       = $(LDFLAGS) -lm @evas_libs@ @ecore_libs@ @eet_libs@ @embryo_libs@ @fnmatch_libs@
 libedje_la_CPPFLAGS     =
 libedje_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/config.h
 libedje_la_LDFLAGS      = -version-info 5:0:5