diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index aac4b1db74..d087762da8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
 CC="$PTHREAD_CC"
 
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([pthread_attr_getstacksize pthread_attr_setstacksize])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([pthread_attr_getstacksize pthread_attr_setstacksize pthread_barrier_init])
 
 # [pairwise: --with-locktype=adaptive, --with-locktype=standard]
 AC_ARG_WITH([locktype],
diff --git a/lib/isc/include/isc/barrier.h b/lib/isc/include/isc/barrier.h
index 2ff380e158..a60472fd02 100644
--- a/lib/isc/include/isc/barrier.h
+++ b/lib/isc/include/isc/barrier.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <isc/util.h>
 
-#if __SANITIZE_THREAD__
+#if HAVE_PTHREAD_BARRIER_INIT
 
 #include <pthread.h>