diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ae95205..1a2bb98 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PHOSPHOR_DBUS_INTERFACES], [phosphor-dbus-interfaces],, [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find phosphor-dbus-interfaces...openbmc/phosphor-dbus-interfaces package required])])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBEVDEV], [libevdev],, [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find libevdev...libevdev package required])])
 
+# Download gpio.h from github if necessary.
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(linux/gpio.h,[HAVE_LINUX_GPIO_H=""],[HAVE_LINUX_GPIO_H="-I linux/gpio.h"])
+AS_IF([test "$HAVE_LINUX_GPIO_H" != ""],
+    AC_MSG_WARN([Could not find linux/gpio.h: Attempting to download locally for building from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/torvalds/linux/master/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h])
+    AC_SUBST([BT_BMC_DL],[`mkdir -p linux;wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/torvalds/linux/master/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h -O linux/gpio.h`])
+)
+
 # Check/set gtest specific functions.
 AX_PTHREAD([GTEST_CPPFLAGS="-DGTEST_HAS_PTHREAD=1"],[GTEST_CPPFLAGS="-DGTEST_HAS_PTHREAD=0"])
 AC_SUBST(GTEST_CPPFLAGS)