diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index be91920f5..c540b6fec 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ if test x$enable_libc = xyes; then
 
     AC_CHECK_LIB(iconv, libiconv_open, [EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS -liconv"])
     AC_CHECK_LIB(m, pow, [EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS -lm"])
+
+    AC_CHECK_MEMBER(struct sigaction.sa_sigaction,[AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SA_SIGACTION)], ,[#include <signal.h>])
 fi
 
 if test x$have_inttypes != xyes; then
diff --git a/src/events/SDL_quit.c b/src/events/SDL_quit.c
index 099b97112..2765aab8d 100644
--- a/src/events/SDL_quit.c
+++ b/src/events/SDL_quit.c
@@ -48,12 +48,20 @@ int SDL_QuitInit(void)
 #ifdef HAVE_SIGACTION
 	struct sigaction action;
 	sigaction(SIGINT, NULL, &action);
+#  ifdef HAVE_SA_SIGACTION
 	if ( action.sa_handler == SIG_DFL && action.sa_sigaction == (void*)SIG_DFL ) {
+#  else
+	if ( action.sa_handler == SIG_DFL ) {
+#  endif
 		action.sa_handler = SDL_HandleSIG;
 		sigaction(SIGINT, &action, NULL);
 	}
 	sigaction(SIGTERM, NULL, &action);
+#  ifdef HAVE_SA_SIGACTION
 	if ( action.sa_handler == SIG_DFL && action.sa_sigaction == (void*)SIG_DFL ) {
+#  else
+	if ( action.sa_handler == SIG_DFL ) {
+#  endif
 		action.sa_handler = SDL_HandleSIG;
 		sigaction(SIGTERM, &action, NULL);
 	}