diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 84dce93..3de6e1f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -59469,10 +59469,17 @@ fi
     ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "rpc/xdr.h" "ac_cv_header_rpc_xdr_h" "$ac_includes_default"
 if test "x$ac_cv_header_rpc_xdr_h" = xyes; then :

+else
+
+    # on macOS, rpc/types.h can be usuable without a usable rpc/xdr.h
+    ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "rpc/types.h" "ac_cv_header_rpc_types_h" "$ac_includes_default"
+if test "x$ac_cv_header_rpc_types_h" = xyes; then :
 else

         as_fn_error $? "XDR header files are required" "$LINENO" 5

+fi
+
 fi


diff --git a/daemon/tsk.c b/daemon/tsk.c
index af803d7..3e8aaaa 100644
--- a/daemon/tsk.c
+++ b/daemon/tsk.c
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <rpc/xdr.h>
 #include <rpc/types.h>
+#include <rpc/xdr.h>

 #include "guestfs_protocol.h"
 #include "daemon.h"
diff --git a/lib/tsk.c b/lib/tsk.c
index 09e514b..cb1dc94 100644
--- a/lib/tsk.c
+++ b/lib/tsk.c
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <rpc/xdr.h>
 #include <rpc/types.h>
+#include <rpc/xdr.h>

 #include "guestfs.h"
 #include "guestfs_protocol.h"
diff --git a/m4/guestfs_libraries.m4 b/m4/guestfs_libraries.m4
index 60f89d4..56add7d 100644
--- a/m4/guestfs_libraries.m4
+++ b/m4/guestfs_libraries.m4
@@ -176,8 +176,12 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([RPC], [libtirpc], [], [
     # If we don't have libtirpc, then we must have <rpc/xdr.h> and
     # some library to link to in libdir.
     RPC_CFLAGS=""
+    AC_CHECK_HEADERS(rpc/types.h)
     AC_CHECK_HEADER([rpc/xdr.h],[],[
-        AC_MSG_ERROR([XDR header files are required])
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([XDR header files are required])],
+    [#ifdef HAVE_RPC_TYPES_H
+    # include <rpc/types.h>
+    #endif
     ])

     old_LIBS="$LIBS"