diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e39186cf9..76f35011c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign 1.6])
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 
+# Allow 64-bit file API on 32-bit systems. Without the change even small
+# files will fail to stat any files on filesystems with 64-bit inodes.
+AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
+
 DEBUG=""
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for debug-enabled build])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-debug],[create a debug build]),
diff --git a/src/swtpm_setup/swtpm_backend_dir.c b/src/swtpm_setup/swtpm_backend_dir.c
index ac2c18ba9..75d57f215 100644
--- a/src/swtpm_setup/swtpm_backend_dir.c
+++ b/src/swtpm_setup/swtpm_backend_dir.c
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
  * Refactored as module: Stefan Reiter, stefan@pimaker.at
  */
 
+#include "config.h"
+
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>