diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
index 96c8794260..08c50a79a9 100644
--- a/config.h.in
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: config.h.in,v 1.51 2002/06/07 00:05:41 marka Exp $ */
+/* $Id: config.h.in,v 1.52 2002/10/15 04:35:09 marka Exp $ */
 
 /***
  *** This file is not to be included by any public header files, because
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 /* define if catgets() is available */
 #undef HAVE_CATGETS
 
-/* define if you have the NET_RT_IFLIST sysctl variable. */
+/* define if you have the NET_RT_IFLIST sysctl variable and sys/sysctl.h */
 #undef HAVE_IFLIST_SYSCTL
 
 /* define if you need to #define _XPG4_2 before including sys/socket.h */
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3e8320934e..8eb64d2d4a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.330 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.331 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.53.
 #
@@ -12220,6 +12220,8 @@ fi
 #
 # Look for a sysctl call to get the list of network interfaces.
 #
+case $ac_cv_header_sys_sysctl_h in
+yes)
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for interface list sysctl" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for interface list sysctl... $ECHO_C" >&6
 cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
@@ -12248,6 +12250,8 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
 fi
 rm -f conftest*
 
+;;
+esac
 
 #
 # Check for some other useful functions that are not ever-present.