diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a323f7093..4f40736ab 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -751,9 +751,8 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([assert.h crt_externs.h])
 #   truncate - not in mingw
 #   isblank - available as a GNU extension or in C99
 #   _NSGetEnviron - Darwin specific
-#   strcoll_l, newlocale - GNU extensions (glibc), also available on Darwin
+#   strcoll_l, newlocale, uselocale, utimensat - POSIX.1-2008
 #   fork - unavailable on Windows
-#   utimensat - posix.1-2008
 #   sched_getaffinity, sched_setaffinity - GNU extensions (glibc)
 #   sendfile - non-POSIX, found in glibc
 #
@@ -766,7 +765,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([DINFINITY DQNAN cexp chsize clog clog10 ctermid		\
   strdup system usleep atexit on_exit chown link fcntl ttyname getpwent	\
   getgrent kill getppid getpgrp fork setitimer getitimer strchr strcmp	\
   index bcopy memcpy rindex truncate unsetenv isblank _NSGetEnviron	\
-  strcoll strcoll_l newlocale utimensat sched_getaffinity		\
+  strcoll strcoll_l newlocale uselocale utimensat sched_getaffinity	\
   sched_setaffinity sendfile])
 
 # Reasons for testing:
diff --git a/libguile/i18n.c b/libguile/i18n.c
index c6b9b845e..f0e344329 100644
--- a/libguile/i18n.c
+++ b/libguile/i18n.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #include <unicase.h>
 #include <unistr.h>
 
-#if (defined HAVE_NEWLOCALE) && (defined HAVE_STRCOLL_L)
+#if defined HAVE_NEWLOCALE && defined HAVE_STRCOLL_L && defined HAVE_USELOCALE
 /* The GNU thread-aware locale API is documented in ``Thread-Aware Locale
    Model, a Proposal'', by Ulrich Drepper: