diff --git a/Modules/selectmodule.c b/Modules/selectmodule.c
index 31ac9b0fd12..c6e4b86ade0 100644
--- a/Modules/selectmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/selectmodule.c
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
-#ifdef HAVE_POLL_H
+#if defined(HAVE_POLL_H)
 #include <poll.h>
+#elif defined(HAVE_SYS_POLL_H)
+#include <sys/poll.h>
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __sgi