diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 64666d2ff..6e771f935 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ ver 0.16 (20??/??/??)
 * automatically update the database with Linux inotify
 * state_file: save only if something has changed
 * obey $(sysconfdir) for default mpd.conf location
+* build with large file support by default
 
 
 ver 0.15.4 (2009/10/03)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6522060e6..1962bb697 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ dnl
 dnl libc features
 dnl
 
+AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
+
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(daemon fork syslog)
 if test $ac_cv_func_syslog = no; then
 	# syslog is not in the default libraries.  See if it's in some other.