diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a38e6d629bcf04f9a7ab24d163273f540e997d1c..6830a08415d98c005f05c35302a0cdf55f87cc14 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.ac Revision: 89357 .
+# From configure.ac Revision: 89361 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61.
 #
@@ -12403,13 +12403,11 @@ _ACEOF
 cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
 cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
-#include <sys/types.h> /* for off_t */
-     #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 int
 main ()
 {
-int (*fp) (FILE *, off_t, int) = fseeko;
-     return fseeko (stdin, 0, 0) && fp (stdin, 0, 0);
+return fseeko (stdin, 0, 0) && (fseeko) (stdin, 0, 0);
   ;
   return 0;
 }
@@ -12449,13 +12447,11 @@ cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
 cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
 #define _LARGEFILE_SOURCE 1
-#include <sys/types.h> /* for off_t */
-     #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 int
 main ()
 {
-int (*fp) (FILE *, off_t, int) = fseeko;
-     return fseeko (stdin, 0, 0) && fp (stdin, 0, 0);
+return fseeko (stdin, 0, 0) && (fseeko) (stdin, 0, 0);
   ;
   return 0;
 }
@@ -15286,56 +15282,17 @@ _ACEOF
 fi
 done
 
-
-for ac_func in timersub
-do
-as_ac_var=`echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
-{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_func" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_func... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
-if { as_var=$as_ac_var; eval "test \"\${$as_var+set}\" = set"; }; then
-  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
-else
-  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* confdefs.h.  */
 _ACEOF
 cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
 cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
-/* Define $ac_func to an innocuous variant, in case <limits.h> declares $ac_func.
-   For example, HP-UX 11i <limits.h> declares gettimeofday.  */
-#define $ac_func innocuous_$ac_func
-
-/* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
-    which can conflict with char $ac_func (); below.
-    Prefer <limits.h> to <assert.h> if __STDC__ is defined, since
-    <limits.h> exists even on freestanding compilers.  */
-
-#ifdef __STDC__
-# include <limits.h>
-#else
-# include <assert.h>
-#endif
-
-#undef $ac_func
-
-/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
-   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
-   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C"
-#endif
-char $ac_func ();
-/* The GNU C library defines this for functions which it implements
-    to always fail with ENOSYS.  Some functions are actually named
-    something starting with __ and the normal name is an alias.  */
-#if defined __stub_$ac_func || defined __stub___$ac_func
-choke me
-#endif
-
+#include <sys/time.h>
 int
 main ()
 {
-return $ac_func ();
+struct timeval *a; timersub(a, a, a);
   ;
   return 0;
 }
@@ -15358,27 +15315,24 @@ eval "echo \"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\"") >&5
 	 test ! -s conftest.err
        } && test -s conftest$ac_exeext &&
        $as_test_x conftest$ac_exeext; then
-  eval "$as_ac_var=yes"
+  { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: yes" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}yes" >&6; }
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define HAVE_TIMERSUB 1
+_ACEOF
+
 else
   echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
-	eval "$as_ac_var=no"
+	{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6; }
+
 fi
 
 rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo \
       conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-fi
-ac_res=`eval echo '${'$as_ac_var'}'`
-	       { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_res" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_res" >&6; }
-if test `eval echo '${'$as_ac_var'}'` = yes; then
-  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define `echo "HAVE_$ac_func" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
-_ACEOF
-
-fi
-done
 
 if test "${ac_cv_header_sys_poll_h+set}" = set; then
   { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for sys/poll.h" >&5
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index aa8966802b61551c00c830d90a486b5aa14a2891..d2bd34c9038a5c17856467b0baf5b66d4e92ca58 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -287,7 +287,14 @@ AC_FUNC_VPRINTF
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([asprintf atexit bzero dup2 endpwent ftruncate getcwd gethostbyname gethostname getloadavg gettimeofday inet_ntoa isascii localtime_r memchr memmove memset mkdir munmap putenv re_comp regcomp select setenv socket strcasecmp strcasestr strchr strcspn strdup strerror strlcat strlcpy strncasecmp strndup strnlen strrchr strsep strspn strstr strtol strtoq unsetenv utime vasprintf])
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([glob])
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([timersub])
+AC_LINK_IFELSE(
+	AC_LANG_PROGRAM([#include <sys/time.h>],
+		[struct timeval *a; timersub(a, a, a);]),
+	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+		AC_DEFINE([HAVE_TIMERSUB], 1, [Define to 1 if your system defines timersub.]),
+	AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+)
+
 AC_CHECK_HEADER([sys/poll.h], 
    [HAS_POLL=1]
    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_SYS_POLL_H], 1, [Define to 1 if your system has working sys/poll.h]),
diff --git a/include/asterisk/autoconfig.h.in b/include/asterisk/autoconfig.h.in
index d07749d0b199ad929cb5f2bdb698879056b9094a..e5b8f04851e2e5e32d63fc06a0e611a7d39aaab4 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/autoconfig.h.in
+++ b/include/asterisk/autoconfig.h.in
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <termios.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_TERMIOS_H
 
-/* Define to 1 if you have the `timersub' function. */
+/* Define to 1 if your system defines timersub. */
 #undef HAVE_TIMERSUB
 
 /* Define this to indicate the ${TINFO_DESCRIP} library */