diff --git a/tools/config.h.in b/tools/config.h.in
index 1809662597..028c360207 100644
--- a/tools/config.h.in
+++ b/tools/config.h.in
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <unistd.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_UNISTD_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <utmp.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_UTMP_H
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <valgrind/memcheck.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_VALGRIND_MEMCHECK_H
 
diff --git a/tools/configure b/tools/configure
index ea7b4de003..c3a6824f55 100755
--- a/tools/configure
+++ b/tools/configure
@@ -8070,7 +8070,7 @@ fi
 esac
 
 # Checks for header files.
-for ac_header in yajl/yajl_version.h sys/eventfd.h valgrind/memcheck.h
+for ac_header in yajl/yajl_version.h sys/eventfd.h valgrind/memcheck.h utmp.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/tools/configure.ac b/tools/configure.ac
index d9eab5a629..9db798b57a 100644
--- a/tools/configure.ac
+++ b/tools/configure.ac
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB([fdt], [fdt_create], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find libfdt])])
 esac
 
 # Checks for header files.
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([yajl/yajl_version.h sys/eventfd.h valgrind/memcheck.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([yajl/yajl_version.h sys/eventfd.h valgrind/memcheck.h utmp.h])
 
 AC_OUTPUT()
 
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_bootloader.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_bootloader.c
index 3287bf77da..c3ec782c14 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_bootloader.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_bootloader.c
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 #include "libxl_osdeps.h" /* must come before any other headers */
 
 #include <termios.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_UTMP_H
 #include <utmp.h>
+#endif
 
 #ifdef INCLUDE_LIBUTIL_H
 #include INCLUDE_LIBUTIL_H