diff --git a/src/Fl_lock.cxx b/src/Fl_lock.cxx
index e95bceb..e635a59 100644
--- a/src/Fl_lock.cxx
+++ b/src/Fl_lock.cxx
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static void unlock_function_std() {
   if (!--counter) pthread_mutex_unlock(&fltk_mutex);
 }
 
-#  ifdef PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE
+#  ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE
 static bool lock_function_init_rec() {
   pthread_mutexattr_t attrib;
   pthread_mutexattr_init(&attrib);
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ int Fl::lock() {
 
     // Set lock/unlock functions for this system, using a system-supplied
     // recursive mutex if supported...
-#  ifdef PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE
+#  ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE
     if (!lock_function_init_rec()) {
       fl_lock_function   = lock_function_rec;
       fl_unlock_function = unlock_function_rec;
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ int Fl::lock() {
       lock_function_init_std();
       fl_lock_function   = lock_function_std;
       fl_unlock_function = unlock_function_std;
-#  ifdef PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE
+#  ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE
     }
 #  endif // PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE
   }
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index a93ed88..8f22727 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ def configure(conf):
     conf.check(header_name='pthread.h', define_name='HAVE_PTHREAD', mandatory=True)
     conf.check(header_name='png.h', define_name='HAVE_PNG_H', mandatory=False)
 
+    conf.check(features='c cprogram', 
+               fragment='#include <pthread.h>\nint main ( int argc, const char **argv ) { return PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE; }\n',
+               execute = False,
+               define_name='HAVE_PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE', mandatory=False,
+               msg='Checking for PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE')
 #    conf.check(function_name='jpeg_CreateCompress', header_name='jpeglib.h', use='jpeg', define_name='HAVE_LIBJPEG', mandatory=False)
 
     if Options.options.ENABLE_TEST: