diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6a395c0a27..9a286c2b77 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -506,7 +506,10 @@ AG_GST_CHECK_FEATURE(GST_V4L2, [Video 4 Linux 2], video4linux2, [
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([Checking for video4linux2 header ...])
   AC_CHECK_HEADER(linux/videodev2.h, [ HAVE_GST_V4L2=yes ],
   [
-    AC_CHECK_HEADER(sys/videodev2.h, [ HAVE_GST_V4L2=yes ])
+    AC_CHECK_HEADER(sys/videodev2.h, [ HAVE_GST_V4L2=yes ],
+    [
+      AC_CHECK_HEADER(sys/videoio.h, [ HAVE_GST_V4L2=yes ])
+    ])
   ])
   if test "x$HAVE_VIDEODEV" = "xno"; then
      AC_MSG_WARN([video4linux2 was not found])