diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index b0427bf9f3..fdd8c6a58b 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(APACHE_ONCE,[
 ])
 
 sinclude(lib/apr/threads.m4)
+sinclude(lib/apr/hints.m4)
 
 dnl
 dnl APACHE_INADDR_NONE
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0d3ae683f8..f35d147395 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADER(include/ap_config_auto.h)
 APACHE_VERSION=$VERSION
 APACHE_SUBST(APACHE_VERSION)
 
+dnl
+dnl ## Preload our OS configuration
+APR_PRELOAD
+
 test "$exec_prefix" = "NONE" && exec_prefix='${prefix}'
 test "$prefix" = "NONE" && prefix='/usr/local'