diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f7b02ff80e..31c5fa28bd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2694,7 +2694,8 @@ AC_SUBST([ws_plugindir])
 # Check for Linux vs. BSD ifreq members
 AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct ifreq.ifr_newname,
                   struct ifreq.ifr_ifindex,
-                  struct ifreq.ifr_index],
+                  struct ifreq.ifr_index,
+                  struct ifreq.ifr_hwaddr],
                  [], [],
                  [#include <sys/socket.h>
                   #include <net/if.h>
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdev.c b/src/util/virnetdev.c
index 0c9c1f907d..6da3371d55 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdev.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetdev.c
@@ -1975,7 +1975,8 @@ virNetDevGetLinkInfo(const char *ifname,
 #endif /* defined(__linux__) */
 
 
-#if defined(SIOCADDMULTI) && defined(HAVE_STRUCT_IFREQ)
+#if defined(SIOCADDMULTI) && defined(HAVE_STRUCT_IFREQ) && \
+    defined(HAVE_STRUCT_IFREQ_IFR_HWADDR)
 /**
  * virNetDevAddMulti:
  * @ifname: interface name to which to add multicast MAC address
@@ -2023,7 +2024,8 @@ int virNetDevAddMulti(const char *ifname ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 }
 #endif
 
-#if defined(SIOCDELMULTI) && defined(HAVE_STRUCT_IFREQ)
+#if defined(SIOCDELMULTI) && defined(HAVE_STRUCT_IFREQ) && \
+    defined(HAVE_STRUCT_IFREQ_IFR_HWADDR)
 /**
  * virNetDevDelMulti:
  * @ifname: interface name from which to delete the multicast MAC address