diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d25bebeb1a..65f7fa0739 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -558,6 +558,15 @@ AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <sys/socket.h>]],
  [ AC_MSG_RESULT(no)]
 )
 
+dnl Check for MSG_DONTWAIT
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for MSG_DONTWAIT)
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <sys/socket.h>]],
+ [[ int f = MSG_DONTWAIT; ]])],
+ [ AC_MSG_RESULT(yes); AC_DEFINE(HAVE_DONTWAIT, 1,[Define this symbol if you have MSG_DONTWAIT]) ],
+ [ AC_MSG_RESULT(no)]
+)
+
+
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for visibility attribute])
 AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([
   int foo_def( void ) __attribute__((visibility("default")));
diff --git a/src/compat.h b/src/compat.h
index 28aa77eea2..6f4d4e65f0 100644
--- a/src/compat.h
+++ b/src/compat.h
@@ -47,9 +47,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef WIN32
-#define MSG_DONTWAIT        0
-#else
+#ifndef WIN32
 typedef u_int SOCKET;
 #include "errno.h"
 #define WSAGetLastError()   errno
@@ -79,6 +77,11 @@ typedef u_int SOCKET;
 #define MSG_NOSIGNAL 0
 #endif
 
+// MSG_DONTWAIT is not available on some platforms, if it doesn't exist define it as 0
+#if !defined(HAVE_MSG_DONTWAIT) && !defined(MSG_DONTWAIT)
+#define MSG_DONTWAIT 0
+#endif
+
 #if HAVE_DECL_STRNLEN == 0
 size_t strnlen( const char *start, size_t max_len);
 #endif // HAVE_DECL_STRNLEN