dnl Check support for 64 bit file offsets.
AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
+dnl Check for gperf.
+AC_CHECK_PROG([GPERF],[gperf],[gperf],[no])
+test "x$GPERF" = "xno" &&
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([gperf must be installed])
+
dnl Check for OCaml compiler.
AC_PROG_OCAML
if test "$OCAMLC" = "no"; then