--- a/src/auto/configure
+++ b/src/auto/configure
@@ -14038,9 +14038,7 @@ fi
 
 
 
-
-
-for ac_func in bcmp fchdir fchown fseeko fsync ftello getcwd getpseudotty \
+for ac_func in bcmp fchdir fchown fsync getcwd getpseudotty \
 	getpwnam getpwuid getrlimit gettimeofday getwd lstat memcmp \
 	memset mkdtemp nanosleep opendir putenv qsort readlink select setenv \
 	setpgid setsid sigaltstack sigstack sigset sigsetjmp sigaction \
@@ -14146,6 +14144,138 @@ as_val=`eval 'as_val=${'$as_ac_var'}
 fi
 done
 
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for _LARGEFILE_SOURCE value needed for large files" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for _LARGEFILE_SOURCE value needed for large files... " >&6; }
+if test "${ac_cv_sys_largefile_source+set}" = set; then
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  while :; do
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <sys/types.h> /* for off_t */
+     #include <stdio.h>
+int
+main ()
+{
+int (*fp) (FILE *, off_t, int) = fseeko;
+     return fseeko (stdin, 0, 0) && fp (stdin, 0, 0);
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_link"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_link") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest$ac_exeext && {
+	 test "$cross_compiling" = yes ||
+	 $as_test_x conftest$ac_exeext
+       }; then
+  ac_cv_sys_largefile_source=no; break
+else
+  $as_echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+
+fi
+
+rm -rf conftest.dSYM
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo \
+      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#define _LARGEFILE_SOURCE 1
+#include <sys/types.h> /* for off_t */
+     #include <stdio.h>
+int
+main ()
+{
+int (*fp) (FILE *, off_t, int) = fseeko;
+     return fseeko (stdin, 0, 0) && fp (stdin, 0, 0);
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_link"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_link") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest$ac_exeext && {
+	 test "$cross_compiling" = yes ||
+	 $as_test_x conftest$ac_exeext
+       }; then
+  ac_cv_sys_largefile_source=1; break
+else
+  $as_echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+
+fi
+
+rm -rf conftest.dSYM
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo \
+      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+  ac_cv_sys_largefile_source=unknown
+  break
+done
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_sys_largefile_source" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_sys_largefile_source" >&6; }
+case $ac_cv_sys_largefile_source in #(
+  no | unknown) ;;
+  *)
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define _LARGEFILE_SOURCE $ac_cv_sys_largefile_source
+_ACEOF
+;;
+esac
+rm -rf conftest*
+
+# We used to try defining _XOPEN_SOURCE=500 too, to work around a bug
+# in glibc 2.1.3, but that breaks too many other things.
+# If you want fseeko and ftello with glibc, upgrade to a fixed glibc.
+if test $ac_cv_sys_largefile_source != unknown; then
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define HAVE_FSEEKO 1
+_ACEOF
+
+fi
+
 
 { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for st_blksize" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for st_blksize... " >&6; }