diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b04d091b171..a994d9e3560 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -16463,6 +16463,99 @@ _ACEOF
 fi
 
 
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for struct stat.st_blocks" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for struct stat.st_blocks... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_member_struct_stat_st_blocks+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+#line $LINENO "configure"
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+$ac_includes_default
+int
+main ()
+{
+static struct stat ac_aggr;
+if (ac_aggr.st_blocks)
+return 0;
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } &&
+         { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+  ac_cv_member_struct_stat_st_blocks=yes
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+#line $LINENO "configure"
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+$ac_includes_default
+int
+main ()
+{
+static struct stat ac_aggr;
+if (sizeof ac_aggr.st_blocks)
+return 0;
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } &&
+         { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+  ac_cv_member_struct_stat_st_blocks=yes
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+ac_cv_member_struct_stat_st_blocks=no
+fi
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_member_struct_stat_st_blocks" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_member_struct_stat_st_blocks" >&6
+if test $ac_cv_member_struct_stat_st_blocks = yes; then
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BLOCKS 1
+_ACEOF
+
+
+fi
+
+
 
 case $host_cpu in
   *i[3456789]86*) echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether we need to define __i386__" >&5
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 98fceceae88..cec007934d3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1327,6 +1327,9 @@ AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct option.name],,,
 #include <getopt.h>
 #endif])
 
+dnl Check for stat.st_blocks
+AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct stat.st_blocks])
+
 dnl *** check for the need to define platform-specific symbols
 
 case $host_cpu in
diff --git a/include/config.h.in b/include/config.h.in
index ec61e7efafb..2021d143fd0 100644
--- a/include/config.h.in
+++ b/include/config.h.in
@@ -506,6 +506,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if `f_bfree' is member of `struct statfs'. */
 #undef HAVE_STRUCT_STATFS_F_BFREE
 
+/* Define to 1 if `st_blocks' is member of `struct stat'. */
+#undef HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BLOCKS
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <syscall.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_SYSCALL_H