diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3059e52..10388fd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ fi
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CONFUSE], [libconfuse], [], AC_MSG_ERROR([requires libconfuse]))
 
 case ${target_os} in
-    linux*)
+    linux*|uclinux*)
         PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBNL], [libnl-3.0], [], AC_MSG_ERROR([requires libnl3-dev]))
         PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBNL_ROUTE], [libnl-route-3.0], [], AC_MSG_ERROR([requires libnl3-route]))
     ;;