diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ed31491..28719bd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
 AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_14([noext])
 AX_APPEND_COMPILE_FLAGS([-Wall -Werror], [CXXFLAGS])
 
+# 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`])
+)
+
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SDBUSPLUS], [sdbusplus],,
     AC_MSG_ERROR(["Requires sdbusplus package."]))
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PHOSPHOR_LOGGING], [phosphor-logging],,\