diff --git a/dist/aclocal/types.m4 b/dist/aclocal/types.m4
index 12b6bab..5cef60e 100644
--- a/dist/aclocal/types.m4
+++ b/dist/aclocal/types.m4
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(unsigned long,, $db_includes)
 AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long long,, $db_includes)
 AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(unsigned long long,, $db_includes)
 AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(char *,, $db_includes)
+AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long double,, $db_includes)
 
 # We look for u_char, u_short, u_int, u_long -- if we can't find them,
 # we create our own.
@@ -172,6 +173,11 @@ AC_SUBST(int64_decl)
 AC_CHECK_TYPE(int64_t,,
     [AM_SEARCH_SSIZES(int64_decl, int64_t, 8, notfatal)], $db_includes)
 
+AC_SUBST(long_double_decl)
+AC_CHECK_TYPE(long double,
+    [long_double_decl="typedef long double long_double_t;"],
+    [long_double_decl="typedef long double long_double_t;"], $db_includes)
+
 # No currently autoconf'd systems lack FILE, off_t pid_t, size_t, time_t.
 #
 # We require them, we don't try to substitute our own if we can't find them.
diff --git a/src/dbsql.in b/src/dbsql.in
index 89abce2..f7af9dd 100644
--- a/src/dbsql.in
+++ b/src/dbsql.in
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ extern "C" {
 @u_int_decl@
 @u_long_decl@
 @ssize_t_decl@
+@long_double_decl@
 
 /*
  * Forward structure declarations, so we can declare pointers and