diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c867308..8a5af63 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ porting:
 
 	Artem Mygaiev extended Cedril Priscals Android build script with pty code
 
+	The check for fips.h required stddef.h
+	Thanks to Matt Hilt for reporting this issue and sending a patch
+
 	libwrap always logs to syslog
 
 	added actual text version of GPLv2
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 13c84e9..4032bf1 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -603,6 +603,7 @@ if test -n "$WITH_FIPS"; then
   # first, we need to find the include file <openssl/fips.h>
   AC_CACHE_VAL(sc_cv_have_openssl_fips_h,
     [AC_TRY_COMPILE([#define OPENSSL_FIPS
+#include <stddef.h>
 #include <openssl/fips.h>],[;],
       [sc_cv_have_openssl_fips_h=yes; ],
       [sv_cv_have_openssl_fips_h=no