diff --git a/ccutil/scanutils.cpp b/ccutil/scanutils.cpp
index f49c6f63c6..fca4f8192f 100644
--- a/ccutil/scanutils.cpp
+++ b/ccutil/scanutils.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config_auto.h"
+#endif
+
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <math.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
@@ -34,7 +38,7 @@
 #include "tprintf.h"
 
 // workaround for "'off_t' was not declared in this scope" with -std=c++11
-#if !defined(off_t) && !defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#if !defined(HAVE_OFF_T)
 typedef long off_t;
 #endif  // off_t
 
diff --git a/cmake/Configure.cmake b/cmake/Configure.cmake
index 37ea6a1009..fae2c9a5b0 100644
--- a/cmake/Configure.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Configure.cmake
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ check_functions(functions_list)
 
 set(types_list
     "long long int"
+    off_t
     mbstate_t
     wchar_t
     _Bool
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0528162117..acedf816ef 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([getline])
 
 AC_CHECK_TYPES(wchar_t,,,[#include "wchar.h"])
 AC_CHECK_TYPES(long long int)
+AC_CHECK_TYPES(off_t,,,[#include "sys/types.h"])
 AC_CHECK_TYPES(mbstate_t,,,[#include "wchar.h"])
 
 # ----------------------------------------