diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e40e01b..cd8c35b 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -551,6 +551,23 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(ZLIB)
 
 dnl
+dnl Check for lzo headers and libraries
+dnl
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(lzo/minilzo.h, [minilzo_h=yes], [minilzo_h=no], [-])
+AC_CHECK_LIB(minilzo, lzo1x_1_compress, [minilzo_lib=yes], [minilzo_lib=no])
+if test "$minilzo_h" = yes -a "$minilzo_lib" = yes; then
+	if test "$STATICZ" = yes; then
+		LZOLIB="-Wl,-Bstatic -lminilzo -Wl,-Bdynamic"
+	else
+		LZOLIB="-lminilzo"
+	fi
+	AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LZO],1,[Define this if you have lzo library.])
+else
+	LZOLIB=""
+fi
+AC_SUBST(LZOLIB)
+
+dnl
 dnl Check for bzlib headers and libraries
 dnl
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(bzlib.h, [bzlib_h=yes], [bzlib_h=no], [-])