diff --git a/CONFIG b/CONFIG
index a056f326b..2d4e53eb9 100644
--- a/CONFIG
+++ b/CONFIG
@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ CONFIG_USDT=n
 # In this mode, SPDK shares the DSA device with the kernel.
 CONFIG_IDXD_KERNEL=n
 
+# arc4random is available in stdlib.h
+CONFIG_HAVE_ARC4RANDOM=n
+
 # Is DPDK using libbsd?
 CONFIG_HAVE_LIBBSD=n
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6b7216f82..541c0771c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1065,6 +1065,11 @@ if [[ "${CONFIG[TSAN]}" = "y" ]]; then
 	fi
 fi
 
+if echo -e '#include <stdlib.h>\nint main(void) { arc4random(); return 0; }\n' \
+	| "${BUILD_CMD[@]}" - 2> /dev/null; then
+	CONFIG[HAVE_ARC4RANDOM]="y"
+fi
+
 if [[ "${CONFIG[OCF]}" = "y" ]]; then
 	# If OCF_PATH is a file, assume it is a library and use it to compile with
 	if [ -f ${CONFIG[OCF_PATH]} ]; then
diff --git a/lib/iscsi/iscsi.c b/lib/iscsi/iscsi.c
index ae4ad5f09..54e05620f 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/iscsi.c
+++ b/lib/iscsi/iscsi.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 
 #ifdef __FreeBSD__
 #define HAVE_SRANDOMDEV 1
-#define HAVE_ARC4RANDOM 1
 #endif
 
 struct spdk_iscsi_globals g_iscsi = {
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ srandomdev(void)
 }
 #endif /* HAVE_SRANDOMDEV */
 
-#ifndef HAVE_ARC4RANDOM
+#ifndef SPDK_CONFIG_HAVE_ARC4RANDOM
 static int g_arc4random_initialized = 0;
 
 static uint32_t
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ arc4random(void)
 	r = (r1 << 16) | r2;
 	return r;
 }
-#endif /* HAVE_ARC4RANDOM */
+#endif /* SPDK_CONFIG_HAVE_ARC4RANDOM */
 
 static void
 gen_random(uint8_t *buf, size_t len)
diff --git a/scripts/check_format.sh b/scripts/check_format.sh
index 3e624a1d5..6fe67a485 100755
--- a/scripts/check_format.sh
+++ b/scripts/check_format.sh
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ function check_posix_includes() {
 	local rc=0
 
 	echo -n "Checking for POSIX includes..."
-	git grep -I -i -f scripts/posix.txt -- './*' ':!include/spdk/stdinc.h' ':!include/linux/**' ':!lib/rte_vhost*/**' ':!scripts/posix.txt' ':!*.patch' > scripts/posix.log || true
+	git grep -I -i -f scripts/posix.txt -- './*' ':!include/spdk/stdinc.h' ':!include/linux/**' ':!lib/rte_vhost*/**' ':!scripts/posix.txt' ':!*.patch' ':!configure' > scripts/posix.log || true
 	if [ -s scripts/posix.log ]; then
 		echo "POSIX includes detected. Please include spdk/stdinc.h instead."
 		cat scripts/posix.log