--- cgicc-3.2.12/configure.ac.orig	2014-01-01 11:23:25.000000000 +0100
+++ cgicc-3.2.12/configure.ac	2014-01-04 21:13:33.860863704 +0100
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 dnl Checks for libraries.
 
 dnl setup for networking functions
-AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostbyaddr, LIB_NET="-lnsl")
+AC_CHECK_FUNC([gethostbyaddr], , [AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostbyaddr, LIB_NET="-lnsl")])
 AC_SUBST(LIB_NET)
 
 dnl check whether to link against libstdc++