diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 347b0e153c..ed49e57c1e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Id: configure.in 17709 2009-10-21 13:29:15Z epourmal .
+# From configure.in Id: configure.in 17941 2009-12-01 15:20:41Z koziol .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.64 for HDF5 1.8.4-snap0.
 #
@@ -24785,7 +24785,20 @@ _ACEOF
 fi
 done
 
-for ac_func in snprintf srandom strdup system tmpfile vasprintf waitpid
+for ac_func in snprintf srandom strdup symlink system
+do :
+  as_ac_var=`$as_echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
+ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "$ac_func" "$as_ac_var"
+eval as_val=\$$as_ac_var
+   if test "x$as_val" = x""yes; then :
+  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define `$as_echo "HAVE_$ac_func" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
+_ACEOF
+
+fi
+done
+
+for ac_func in tmpfile vasprintf waitpid
 do :
   as_ac_var=`$as_echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
 ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "$ac_func" "$as_ac_var"