diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 6ca277df2c..3497e24e62 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ case `uname -sr` in
 		MY_AC_VER=259
 		MY_AM_VER=19
 		;;
+	OpenBSD*)
+		export AUTOCONF_VERSION=2.63
+		export AUTOMAKE_VERSION=1.9
+		;;
 	*'BSD'*)
 		MY_AC_VER=-2.62
 		MY_AM_VER=-1.9
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e239e8a1a4..3b6a3a63d3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -540,7 +540,8 @@ AC_TYPE_OFF_T
 AC_TYPE_PID_T
 AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
 AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct stat.st_blksize])
-AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct ucred.uid, struct ucred.cr_uid], [], [], [#include <sys/socket.h>])
+AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct ucred.uid, struct ucred.cr_uid, struct sockpeercred.uid], [], [], [#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h> ])
 AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct ifreq.ifr_ifru.ifru_hwaddr], [], [], [#include <net/if.h>])
 AC_HEADER_TIME
 AC_STRUCT_TM
diff --git a/main/asterisk.c b/main/asterisk.c
index 9473fc9861..12dc6483e5 100644
--- a/main/asterisk.c
+++ b/main/asterisk.c
@@ -1200,7 +1200,12 @@ static pthread_t lthread;
 static int read_credentials(int fd, char *buffer, size_t size, struct console *con)
 {
 #if defined(SO_PEERCRED)
+#ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_SOCKPEERCRED_UID
+#define HAVE_STRUCT_UCRED_UID
+	struct sockpeercred cred;
+#else
 	struct ucred cred;
+#endif
 	socklen_t len = sizeof(cred);
 #endif
 #if defined(HAVE_GETPEEREID)