diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5677bbe3a..6bd1ab6a5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5310,7 +5310,7 @@ fi
 done
 
 
-for ac_header in pwd.h termios.h sys/sockio.h
+for ac_header in pwd.h termios.h sys/sockio.h stdint.h
 do :
   as_ac_Header=`$as_echo "ac_cv_header_$ac_header" | $as_tr_sh`
 ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "$ac_header" "$as_ac_Header" "$ac_includes_default"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8391fa4d9..d9ffe3d4f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ esac
 AC_SUBST(LUA_CFLAGS)
 
 dnl Checks for header files.
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(pwd.h termios.h sys/sockio.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(pwd.h termios.h sys/sockio.h stdint.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(linux/rtnetlink.h,,,[#include <netinet/in.h>])
 dnl A special check required for <net/if.h> on Darwin. See
 dnl http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/Header-Portability.html.
diff --git a/nmap_config.h.in b/nmap_config.h.in
index 094532daa..7777f0783 100644
--- a/nmap_config.h.in
+++ b/nmap_config.h.in
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@
 #undef HAVE_MEMCPY
 #undef HAVE_STRERROR
 
+#undef HAVE_STDINT_H
+
 #undef HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H
 
 #undef HAVE_SYS_SOCKIO_H
diff --git a/nse_utility.h b/nse_utility.h
index b4fdb5d72..13e33505c 100644
--- a/nse_utility.h
+++ b/nse_utility.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 class Port;
 class Target;
 
+#include "nmap_config.h"
 #if HAVE_STDINT_H
 #include <stdint.h>
 #endif