diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f136d13f..41e34e9e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$EMSCRIPTEN" = "x"],[
   AC_CHECK_FUNCS([arc4random arc4random_buf])
   AC_CHECK_FUNCS([mmap mlock madvise mprotect explicit_bzero nanosleep])
 ])
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([posix_memalign getpid])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([posix_memalign getpid _xgetbv])
 
 AC_SUBST([LIBTOOL_EXTRA_FLAGS])
 
diff --git a/src/libsodium/sodium/runtime.c b/src/libsodium/sodium/runtime.c
index 6c3cfb4f..a66bfb57 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/sodium/runtime.c
+++ b/src/libsodium/sodium/runtime.c
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_ANDROID_GETCPUFEATURES
 # include <cpu-features.h>
 #endif
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && \
-    (defined(_M_X64) || defined(_M_AMD64) || defined(_M_IX86))
+#if (defined(_MSC_VER) && \
+     (defined(_M_X64) || defined(_M_AMD64) || defined(_M_IX86))) || defined(HAVE__XGETBV)
 # include <intrin.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -149,7 +149,9 @@ _sodium_runtime_intel_cpu_features(CPUFeatures * const cpu_features)
     if ((cpu_info[2] & (CPUID_ECX_AVX | CPUID_ECX_XSAVE | CPUID_ECX_OSXSAVE)) ==
         (CPUID_ECX_AVX | CPUID_ECX_XSAVE | CPUID_ECX_OSXSAVE)) {
         uint32_t xcr0 = 0U;
-# if defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_XCR_XFEATURE_ENABLED_MASK) && _MSC_FULL_VER >= 160040219
+# if defined(HAVE__XGETBV) ||
+        (defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_XCR_XFEATURE_ENABLED_MASK) &&
+         _MSC_FULL_VER >= 160040219)
         xcr0 = (uint32_t) _xgetbv(0);
 # elif defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_M_IX86)
         __asm {