diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4c0435e..0068a9d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7045,7 +7045,7 @@ sys/param.h sys/poll.h sys/random.h sys/select.h sys/socket.h sys/statvfs.h sys/
 sys/termio.h sys/time.h \
 sys/times.h sys/types.h sys/un.h sys/utsname.h sys/wait.h pty.h libutil.h \
 sys/resource.h netpacket/packet.h sysexits.h bluetooth.h \
-bluetooth/bluetooth.h linux/tipc.h spawn.h util.h alloca.h
+linux/tipc.h spawn.h util.h alloca.h
 do :
   as_ac_Header=`$as_echo "ac_cv_header_$ac_header" | $as_tr_sh`
 ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "$ac_header" "$as_ac_Header" "$ac_includes_default"
@@ -7267,6 +7267,24 @@ fi
 fi
 
 
+# bluetooth/bluetooth.h has been known to not compile with -std=c99.
+# http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.bluez.kernel/22294
+SAVE_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
+CFLAGS="-std=c99 $CFLAGS"
+for ac_header in bluetooth/bluetooth.h
+do :
+  ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "bluetooth/bluetooth.h" "ac_cv_header_bluetooth_bluetooth_h" "$ac_includes_default"
+if test "x$ac_cv_header_bluetooth_bluetooth_h" = xyes; then :
+  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define HAVE_BLUETOOTH_BLUETOOTH_H 1
+_ACEOF
+
+fi
+
+done
+
+CFLAGS=$SAVE_CFLAGS
+
 # On Linux, netlink.h requires asm/types.h
 for ac_header in linux/netlink.h
 do :
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 780f275..dceca1c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1702,10 +1702,17 @@ sys/param.h sys/poll.h sys/random.h sys/select.h sys/socket.h sys/statvfs.h sys/
 sys/termio.h sys/time.h \
 sys/times.h sys/types.h sys/un.h sys/utsname.h sys/wait.h pty.h libutil.h \
 sys/resource.h netpacket/packet.h sysexits.h bluetooth.h \
-bluetooth/bluetooth.h linux/tipc.h spawn.h util.h alloca.h)
+linux/tipc.h spawn.h util.h alloca.h)
 AC_HEADER_DIRENT
 AC_HEADER_MAJOR
 
+# bluetooth/bluetooth.h has been known to not compile with -std=c99.
+# http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.bluez.kernel/22294
+SAVE_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
+CFLAGS="-std=c99 $CFLAGS"
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(bluetooth/bluetooth.h)
+CFLAGS=$SAVE_CFLAGS
+
 # On Linux, netlink.h requires asm/types.h
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(linux/netlink.h,,,[
 #ifdef HAVE_ASM_TYPES_H