diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 6cce253c1..0e5e611c0 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -308,3 +308,23 @@ AC_DEFUN([APR_FIND_APR], [
 
   AC_MSG_RESULT($apr_found)
 ])
+
+AC_DEFUN(LARGE_FILES_IF_NOT_BROKEN,
+[
+  AC_LANG_PUSH(C++)
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for broken _LARGE_FILES support, such as with gcc <4.4.0 on AIX])
+  AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_large_files_broken,
+    AC_TRY_COMPILE(
+      [
+#define _LARGE_FILES 1
+#include<cstdio>],
+      [],
+      ac_cv_large_files_broken=no,
+      ac_cv_large_files_broken=yes))
+  if test $ac_cv_large_files_broken = no; then
+    AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
+  fi
+  AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_large_files_broken)
+  AC_LANG_POP(C++)
+]
+)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8f4af4dd1..146cacf31 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ ac_user_opts='
 enable_option_checking
 enable_nls
 with_localdirs
+enable_largefile
 with_ndiff
 with_zenmap
 with_nping
@@ -1423,6 +1424,7 @@ Optional Features:
   --disable-FEATURE       do not include FEATURE (same as --enable-FEATURE=no)
   --enable-FEATURE[=ARG]  include FEATURE [ARG=yes]
   --disable-nls           do not use Native Language Support
+  --disable-largefile     omit support for large files
 
 Optional Packages:
   --with-PACKAGE[=ARG]    use PACKAGE [ARG=yes]
@@ -4351,6 +4353,253 @@ test -z "$INSTALL_SCRIPT" && INSTALL_SCRIPT='${INSTALL}'
 test -z "$INSTALL_DATA" && INSTALL_DATA='${INSTALL} -m 644'
 
 
+
+  ac_ext=cpp
+ac_cpp='$CXXCPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CXX -c $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CXX -o conftest$ac_exeext $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
+
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for broken _LARGE_FILES support, such as with gcc <4.4.0 on AIX" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for broken _LARGE_FILES support, such as with gcc <4.4.0 on AIX... " >&6; }
+  if ${ac_cv_large_files_broken+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+#define _LARGE_FILES 1
+#include<cstdio>
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_cxx_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_large_files_broken=no
+else
+  ac_cv_large_files_broken=yes
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+
+  if test $ac_cv_large_files_broken = no; then
+    # Check whether --enable-largefile was given.
+if test "${enable_largefile+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_largefile;
+fi
+
+if test "$enable_largefile" != no; then
+
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for special C compiler options needed for large files" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC=no
+     if test "$GCC" != yes; then
+       ac_save_CC=$CC
+       while :; do
+	 # IRIX 6.2 and later do not support large files by default,
+	 # so use the C compiler's -n32 option if that helps.
+	 cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+ /* Check that off_t can represent 2**63 - 1 correctly.
+    We can't simply define LARGE_OFF_T to be 9223372036854775807,
+    since some C++ compilers masquerading as C compilers
+    incorrectly reject 9223372036854775807.  */
+#define LARGE_OFF_T (((off_t) 1 << 62) - 1 + ((off_t) 1 << 62))
+  int off_t_is_large[(LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483629 == 721
+		       && LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483647 == 1)
+		      ? 1 : -1];
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+	 if ac_fn_cxx_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  break
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext
+	 CC="$CC -n32"
+	 if ac_fn_cxx_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC=' -n32'; break
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext
+	 break
+       done
+       CC=$ac_save_CC
+       rm -f conftest.$ac_ext
+    fi
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC" >&6; }
+  if test "$ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC" != no; then
+    CC=$CC$ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC
+  fi
+
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  while :; do
+  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+ /* Check that off_t can represent 2**63 - 1 correctly.
+    We can't simply define LARGE_OFF_T to be 9223372036854775807,
+    since some C++ compilers masquerading as C compilers
+    incorrectly reject 9223372036854775807.  */
+#define LARGE_OFF_T (((off_t) 1 << 62) - 1 + ((off_t) 1 << 62))
+  int off_t_is_large[(LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483629 == 721
+		       && LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483647 == 1)
+		      ? 1 : -1];
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_cxx_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits=no; break
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
+#include <sys/types.h>
+ /* Check that off_t can represent 2**63 - 1 correctly.
+    We can't simply define LARGE_OFF_T to be 9223372036854775807,
+    since some C++ compilers masquerading as C compilers
+    incorrectly reject 9223372036854775807.  */
+#define LARGE_OFF_T (((off_t) 1 << 62) - 1 + ((off_t) 1 << 62))
+  int off_t_is_large[(LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483629 == 721
+		       && LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483647 == 1)
+		      ? 1 : -1];
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_cxx_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits=64; break
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+  ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits=unknown
+  break
+done
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits" >&6; }
+case $ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits in #(
+  no | unknown) ;;
+  *)
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS $ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits
+_ACEOF
+;;
+esac
+rm -rf conftest*
+  if test $ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits = unknown; then
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for _LARGE_FILES value needed for large files" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for _LARGE_FILES value needed for large files... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_sys_large_files+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  while :; do
+  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+ /* Check that off_t can represent 2**63 - 1 correctly.
+    We can't simply define LARGE_OFF_T to be 9223372036854775807,
+    since some C++ compilers masquerading as C compilers
+    incorrectly reject 9223372036854775807.  */
+#define LARGE_OFF_T (((off_t) 1 << 62) - 1 + ((off_t) 1 << 62))
+  int off_t_is_large[(LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483629 == 721
+		       && LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483647 == 1)
+		      ? 1 : -1];
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_cxx_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_sys_large_files=no; break
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#define _LARGE_FILES 1
+#include <sys/types.h>
+ /* Check that off_t can represent 2**63 - 1 correctly.
+    We can't simply define LARGE_OFF_T to be 9223372036854775807,
+    since some C++ compilers masquerading as C compilers
+    incorrectly reject 9223372036854775807.  */
+#define LARGE_OFF_T (((off_t) 1 << 62) - 1 + ((off_t) 1 << 62))
+  int off_t_is_large[(LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483629 == 721
+		       && LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483647 == 1)
+		      ? 1 : -1];
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_cxx_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_sys_large_files=1; break
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+  ac_cv_sys_large_files=unknown
+  break
+done
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_sys_large_files" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_sys_large_files" >&6; }
+case $ac_cv_sys_large_files in #(
+  no | unknown) ;;
+  *)
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define _LARGE_FILES $ac_cv_sys_large_files
+_ACEOF
+;;
+esac
+rm -rf conftest*
+  fi
+
+
+fi
+
+  fi
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_large_files_broken" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_large_files_broken" >&6; }
+  ac_ext=c
+ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
+
+
+
+
 if test -n "$GXX"; then
   # -fno-strict-aliasing disables strict-aliasing optimizations that assume
   # that pointers of different types never point to the same object.
@@ -6992,8 +7241,7 @@ ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
 
     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for lua version >= 502" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for lua version >= 502... " >&6; }
-
-if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
+    if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: cross-compiling -- assuming yes" >&5
 $as_echo "cross-compiling -- assuming yes" >&6; }; have_lua=yes
 else
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 08f121c4a..696303d4e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 
+dnl For nse_fs.cc
+LARGE_FILES_IF_NOT_BROKEN
+
 if test -n "$GXX"; then
   # -fno-strict-aliasing disables strict-aliasing optimizations that assume
   # that pointers of different types never point to the same object.
diff --git a/nmap_config.h.in b/nmap_config.h.in
index f16fc77ad..8a77a6935 100644
--- a/nmap_config.h.in
+++ b/nmap_config.h.in
@@ -212,6 +212,15 @@ extern "C" int gethostname (char *, unsigned int);
 #endif
 #endif
 
+/* Number of bits in a file offset, on hosts where this is settable. */
+#undef _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
+
+/* Define to 1 to make fseeko visible on some hosts (e.g. glibc 2.2). */
+#undef _LARGEFILE_SOURCE
+
+/* Define for large files, on AIX-style hosts. */
+#undef _LARGE_FILES
+
 /* Used for -V. */
 #undef LUA_INCLUDED
 #undef PCAP_INCLUDED