diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 44286410a8..ab60c9a06f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ case $host in
     LIBS="$LIBS -lgdi32"
     AG_GST_CHECK_LIBHEADER(GL, opengl32, glTexImage2D,, GL/gl.h)
     AG_GST_CHECK_LIBHEADER(GLU, glu32, gluSphere,, GL/glu.h)
-    AC_CHECK_HEADER(GL/wglext.h, HAVE_WGLEXT="yes", HAVE_WGLEXT="no")
+    AC_CHECK_HEADER(GL/wglext.h, HAVE_WGLEXT="yes", HAVE_WGLEXT="no", [#include <GL/gl.h>])
     if test "x$HAVE_WGLEXT" = "xyes"; then
       HAVE_GL=yes
       HAVE_GLU=yes