--- autoconf/lib/autoconf/c.m4
+++ autoconf/lib/autoconf/c.m4
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ m4_define([AC_LANG_FUNC_LINK_TRY(C)],
    For example, HP-UX 11i <limits.h> declares gettimeofday.  */
 #define $1 innocuous_$1
 
+/* Tell GNU C headers to include stubs.  */
+#define __need_GNU_STUBS_H
+
 /* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
     which can conflict with char $1 (); below.
     Prefer <limits.h> to <assert.h> if __STDC__ is defined, since