diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d91b141944c2b1d63a514a07fb565015bd5da86a..c4d85ba51d86640b851602cae14ec11eed007188 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1499,6 +1499,7 @@ libs_softmmu="$libs_softmmu -lz"
 if test "$seccomp" != "no" ; then
     if $pkg_config --atleast-version=1.0.0 libseccomp --modversion >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         libs_softmmu="$libs_softmmu `$pkg_config --libs libseccomp`"
+        QEMU_CFLAGS="$QEMU_CFLAGS `$pkg_config --cflags libseccomp`"
 	seccomp="yes"
     else
 	if test "$seccomp" = "yes"; then