diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 073869fc..e1d2cd32 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ else()
 		void __attribute__((destructor))
 		f(void) {}
 		int main(void) { return 0; }
-	" ATTRIBUTE_DESTRUCTOR)
+	" HAVE_ATTRIBUTE_DESTRUCTOR)
+	if(HAVE_ATTRIBUTE_DESTRUCTOR)
+		set(ATTRIBUTE_DESTRUCTOR "__attribute__((destructor))")
+	endif()
 	check_c_source_compiles("
 		#include <netdb.h>
 		int main() { (void) gethostbyname((const char*) \"\"); return 0; }
diff --git a/config.h.cmake.in b/config.h.cmake.in
index 22b3c920..fa72c46d 100644
--- a/config.h.cmake.in
+++ b/config.h.cmake.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /* config.h.in.  Generated from configure.ac by autoheader.  */
 
 /* Define if __attribute__((destructor)) is accepted */
-#cmakedefine ATTRIBUTE_DESTRUCTOR 1
+#cmakedefine ATTRIBUTE_DESTRUCTOR @ATTRIBUTE_DESTRUCTOR@
 
 /* Type cast for the gethostbyname() argument */
 #cmakedefine GETHOSTBYNAME_ARG_CAST @GETHOSTBYNAME_ARG_CAST@