diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a875edcf9..27908041f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -736,10 +736,12 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([DINFINITY DQNAN cexp chsize clog clog10 ctermid fesetround ftime
 #       anyway.
 #   hstrerror - on Tru64 5.1b the symbol is available in libc but the
 #       declaration isn't anywhere.
+#   cuserid - on Tru64 5.1b the declaration is documented to be available
+#       only with `_XOPEN_SOURCE' or some such.
 #
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(crypt.h netdb.h pthread.h sys/param.h sys/resource.h sys/file.h)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(chroot flock getlogin cuserid getpriority setpriority getpass sethostname gethostname)
-AC_CHECK_DECLS([sethostname, strncasecmp, unsetenv, hstrerror])
+AC_CHECK_DECLS([sethostname, strncasecmp, unsetenv, hstrerror, cuserid])
 
 # crypt() may or may not be available, for instance in some countries there
 # are restrictions on cryptography.
diff --git a/libguile/posix.c b/libguile/posix.c
index 25d37d244..f036f5776 100644
--- a/libguile/posix.c
+++ b/libguile/posix.c
@@ -1675,6 +1675,11 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_getlogin, "getlogin", 0, 0, 0,
 #endif /* HAVE_GETLOGIN */
 
 #if HAVE_CUSERID
+
+# if !HAVE_DECL_CUSERID
+extern char *cuserid (char *);
+# endif
+
 SCM_DEFINE (scm_cuserid, "cuserid", 0, 0, 0, 
             (void),
 	    "Return a string containing a user name associated with the\n"