diff --git a/servers/slapd/daemon.c b/servers/slapd/daemon.c
index 6b3bf4174c..04e285e056 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/daemon.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/daemon.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 #include "ldap_rq.h"
 
-#ifdef HAVE_EPOLL
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_EPOLL_H
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
 #endif