diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1098fe66db..5ca69c4241 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -947,6 +947,7 @@ check_header_oc(){
     log check_header_oc "$@"
     header=$1
     shift
+    disable_safe $header
     {
        echo "#include <$header>"
        echo "int main(void) { return 0; }"