diff --git a/agent/command-ssh.c b/agent/command-ssh.c
index 9d45a1864..213f3f9f7 100644
--- a/agent/command-ssh.c
+++ b/agent/command-ssh.c
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
 #endif /*!HAVE_W32_SYSTEM*/
-#ifdef HAVE_UCRED_H
-#include <ucred.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_UCRED_H
+#include <sys/ucred.h>
 #endif
 
 #include "agent.h"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c3fce317d..424ce7be1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([string.h unistd.h langinfo.h termio.h locale.h getopt.h \
                   pty.h utmp.h pwd.h inttypes.h signal.h sys/select.h     \
                   stdint.h signal.h util.h libutil.h termios.h \
-                  ucred.h sys/sysmacros.h sys/mkdev.h])
+                  sys/ucred.h sys/sysmacros.h sys/mkdev.h])
 
 AC_HEADER_TIME