diff --git a/dune/common/configparser.cc b/dune/common/configparser.cc
index b1d2d2cc29787c9f11decb5fd70a365d7f698a02..7f621af717c3490ef6997e06808f58aed836d09e 100644
--- a/dune/common/configparser.cc
+++ b/dune/common/configparser.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 // -*- tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*-
 // vi: set et ts=4 sw=2 sts=2:
+
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
 #include "configparser.hh"
 
 #include <cstdlib>