diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 36aecd9034..70b12235cd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -739,6 +739,11 @@
 
     AC_CHECK_FUNCS([pthread_spin_unlock])
 
+    AS_IF([test "x$enable_debug" = "xyes"], [
+        # Debug only function used for diagnostic display
+        AC_CHECK_FUNCS([pthread_getattr_np])
+    ])
+
   # libjansson
     AC_ARG_WITH(libjansson_includes,
             [  --with-libjansson-includes=DIR  libjansson include directory],