diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/connman/connman_0.76.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/connman/connman_0.76.bb
index 8257be5a3b..cb84caaff4 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/connman/connman_0.76.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/connman/connman_0.76.bb
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ SRC_URI  = "\
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "59b4cfd9fa4f736f7a2d88ee0c758fe9"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "bf58fa72454bb63033da8f847a4709dbdfe64c000056a93a7504240cb31c1321"
 
-# alg-test doesn't build, so disable that
+# alg-test doesn't build, so disable that and test for if_alg.h as this header is only in 2.6.39
 do_configure_prepend() {
 	sed -i 's:tools/alg-test ::g' Makefile.am
+	sed -i 's:AC_CHECK_HEADERS(linux/if_alg.h, dummy=yes,::g;
+	        s:AC_MSG_ERROR(User-space algorithm header files are required))::g' configure.ac
 }