diff --git a/src/wrappers/configure.ac b/src/wrappers/configure.ac
index e504488..a5e3e45 100644
--- a/src/wrappers/configure.ac
+++ b/src/wrappers/configure.ac
@@ -336,14 +336,16 @@ dnl Check if MPI implementation uses const in function declaration
 if test "$MPI_IMPL" != "MPICH" -a "$MPI_IMPL" != "MPICH2" ; then
     if test "$enable_checkMPI" = "yes" ; then
         AC_MSG_CHECKING( [for the use of const in MPI function declaration] )
-        PAC_MPI_COMPILE_CC_FUNC( $MPI_CC, [$MPI_CFLAGS], [], [],
+        PAC_MPI_COMPILE_CC_FUNC( $MPI_CC, [$MPI_CFLAGS],
                                  [
+#include "mpi.h"
 int MPI_Send(const void *buf, int count, MPI_Datatype datatype,
              int dest, int tag, MPI_Comm comm)
 {
     return 0;
 }
                                  ],
+                                 [], [],
                                  [ mpe_link_ok=yes ], [ mpe_link_ok=no ] )
         if test "$mpe_link_ok" = "yes" ; then
             AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)