diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 95d3f581..bd03c597 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ dnl Checks for library functions.
 AC_FUNC_FORK
 AC_FUNC_SELECT_ARGTYPES
 AC_TYPE_SIGNAL
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memset select setresuid setreuid strerror getpwnam_r setrlimit])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memset select setresuid setreuid strerror get_current_dir_name getpwnam_r setrlimit])
 
 AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, connect)
 
diff --git a/src/plugin.c b/src/plugin.c
index 3564def3..dda57aac 100644
--- a/src/plugin.c
+++ b/src/plugin.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ start_plugin(const char *plugin,
     env = cork_env_clone_current();
     current_path = cork_env_get(env, "PATH");
     if (current_path != NULL) {
-#ifdef _GNU_SOURCE
+#ifdef HAVE_GET_CURRENT_DIR_NAME
         char *cwd = get_current_dir_name();
         if (cwd) {
 #else
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ start_plugin(const char *plugin,
             new_path_len = strlen(current_path) + strlen(cwd) + 2;
             new_path = ss_malloc(new_path_len);
             snprintf(new_path, new_path_len, "%s:%s", cwd, current_path);
-#ifdef _GNU_SOURCE
+#ifdef HAVE_GET_CURRENT_DIR_NAME
             free(cwd);
 #endif
         }