--- a/dist/aclocal/tls.m4
+++ b/dist/aclocal/tls.m4
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
       for ax_tls_defn_keyword in $ax_tls_keywords ""; do
           test -z "$ax_tls_decl_keyword" &&
               test -z "$ax_tls_defn_keyword" && continue
-          AC_TRY_COMPILE([template <typename T>class TLSClass {
+          AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stdlib.h>
+              template <typename T>class TLSClass {
               public: static ] $ax_tls_decl_keyword [ T *tlsvar;
               };
               class TLSClass2 {
--- a/dist/configure
+++ b/dist/configure
@@ -19044,7 +19044,8 @@
               test -z "$ax_tls_defn_keyword" && continue
           cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
-template <typename T>class TLSClass {
+#include <stdlib.h>
+              template <typename T>class TLSClass {
               public: static  $ax_tls_decl_keyword  T *tlsvar;
               };
               class TLSClass2 {