diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 95eb972..00f4a7e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ case $host_cpu in
   i?86 | x86_64 | amd64)
 dnl    GCC_FLAG_ADD([-maes -mpclmul],[X86])
 dnl    if test "x$X86" = "xyes";then
+      AC_CHECK_HEADERS(cpuid.h)
       if test "$host_cpu" = "x86_64" -o "$host_cpu" = "amd64";then
         hw_accel="x86-64"
       else
diff --git a/lib/accelerated/x86.h b/lib/accelerated/x86.h
index c344283..8886516 100644
--- a/lib/accelerated/x86.h
+++ b/lib/accelerated/x86.h
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+#include <config.h>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CPUID_H
+# include <cpuid.h>
+# define cpuid __cpuid
+
+#else
 #define cpuid(func,ax,bx,cx,dx)\
   __asm__ __volatile__ ("cpuid":\
   "=a" (ax), "=b" (bx), "=c" (cx), "=d" (dx) : "a" (func));
+
+#endif