diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 54e46c8a7b..e6a6f57b14 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1465,6 +1465,7 @@ HAVE_LIST="
     ibm_asm
     inet_aton
     io_h
+    inline_asm_labels
     isatty
     jack_port_get_latency_range
     kbhit
@@ -3787,6 +3788,8 @@ unsigned int endian = 'B' << 24 | 'I' << 16 | 'G' << 8 | 'E';
 EOF
 od -t x1 $TMPO | grep -q '42 *49 *47 *45' && enable bigendian
 
+check_inline_asm inline_asm_labels '"1:\n"'
+
 if enabled alpha; then
 
     check_cflags -mieee
diff --git a/libavutil/ppc/timer.h b/libavutil/ppc/timer.h
index 9ade7f5d03..b28e624566 100644
--- a/libavutil/ppc/timer.h
+++ b/libavutil/ppc/timer.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
+#include "config.h"
+
 #define AV_READ_TIME read_time
 
 static inline uint64_t read_time(void)