diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 876c3c46b7..1d313bbe8c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -19027,8 +19027,14 @@ fi;
 	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking kernel source directory" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking kernel source directory... $ECHO_C" >&6
 	if test -z "$kernelsrc"; then
-		sourcelink=`ls -1d /usr/src/kernels/* /usr/src/linux-* \
-		            2>/dev/null | grep -v obj | tail -1`
+		headersdir="/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build"
+		if test -e "$headersdir"; then
+			sourcelink=$(readlink -f "$headersdir")
+		else
+			sourcelink=$(ls -1d /usr/src/kernels/* \
+				     /usr/src/linux-* \
+			             2>/dev/null | grep -v obj | tail -1)
+		fi
 
 		if test -e $sourcelink; then
 			kernelsrc=`readlink -f ${sourcelink}`
@@ -21738,8 +21744,14 @@ fi;
 	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking kernel source directory" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking kernel source directory... $ECHO_C" >&6
 	if test -z "$kernelsrc"; then
-		sourcelink=`ls -1d /usr/src/kernels/* /usr/src/linux-* \
-		            2>/dev/null | grep -v obj | tail -1`
+		headersdir="/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build"
+		if test -e "$headersdir"; then
+			sourcelink=$(readlink -f "$headersdir")
+		else
+			sourcelink=$(ls -1d /usr/src/kernels/* \
+				     /usr/src/linux-* \
+			             2>/dev/null | grep -v obj | tail -1)
+		fi
 
 		if test -e $sourcelink; then
 			kernelsrc=`readlink -f ${sourcelink}`