diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bee584ca63c..d99f5dd8aec 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -925,6 +925,8 @@ AC_CHECK_DECLS([strnlen])
 dnl Check for daemon(3), unrelated to --with-daemon (although used by it)
 AC_CHECK_DECLS([daemon])
 
+AC_CHECK_DECLS([pipe2])
+
 AC_CHECK_DECLS([le16toh, le32toh, le64toh, htole16, htole32, htole64, be16toh, be32toh, be64toh, htobe16, htobe32, htobe64],,,
 		[#if HAVE_ENDIAN_H
                  #include <endian.h>
@@ -1149,6 +1151,7 @@ AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <fcntl.h>]],
  [ AC_MSG_RESULT(yes); HAVE_O_CLOEXEC=1 ],
  [ AC_MSG_RESULT(no); HAVE_O_CLOEXEC=0 ]
 )
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([HAVE_O_CLOEXEC], [$HAVE_O_CLOEXEC], [Define to 1 if O_CLOEXEC flag is available.])
 
 dnl crc32c platform checks
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for __builtin_prefetch)
diff --git a/src/shutdown.cpp b/src/shutdown.cpp
index df5f996022a..6a73e0b2d8c 100644
--- a/src/shutdown.cpp
+++ b/src/shutdown.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static int g_shutdown_pipe[2] = {-1, -1};
 bool InitShutdownState()
 {
 #ifndef WIN32
-#if HAVE_O_CLOEXEC
+#if HAVE_O_CLOEXEC && HAVE_DECL_PIPE2
     // If we can, make sure that the file descriptors are closed on exec()
     // to prevent interference.
     if (pipe2(g_shutdown_pipe, O_CLOEXEC) != 0) {