diff --git a/tdeioslave/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/tdeioslave/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index 8f0783133..eed370833 100644
--- a/tdeioslave/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/tdeioslave/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 
 if( WITH_SASL )
   check_include_file( "sasl/sasl.h" HAVE_SASL_SASL_H )
+  if( NOT HAVE_SASL_SASL_H )
+    find_path( SASL_H_PATH "sasl/sasl.h" )
+    if( SASL_H_PATH )
+      set( HAVE_SASL_SASL_H "1" )
+    endif( )
+  endif( )
   check_library_exists( sasl2 sasl_client_init "" HAVE_LIBSASL2 )
   if( HAVE_SASL_SASL_H AND HAVE_LIBSASL2 )
     set( SASL_LIBRARIES sasl2 )