diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 86ab44e..d923212 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -607,6 +607,8 @@ ERLANG_LIB_VER_kernel
 ERLANG_LIB_DIR_kernel
 ERLANG_LIB_VER_erl_interface
 ERLANG_LIB_DIR_erl_interface
+ERLANG_LIB_VER_erts
+ERLANG_LIB_DIR_erts
 ERLANG_LIB_DIR
 ERLANG_ROOT_DIR
 ERL
@@ -3875,6 +3877,85 @@ $as_echo "$ac_cv_erlang_lib_dir" >&6; }
 ERLANG_LIB_DIR=$ac_cv_erlang_lib_dir
 
 
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for Erlang/OTP 'erts' library subdirectory" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for Erlang/OTP 'erts' library subdirectory... " >&6; }
+if test "${ac_cv_erlang_lib_dir_erts+set}" = set; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ac_ext=erl
+ac_compile='$ERLC $ERLCFLAGS -b beam conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$ERLC $ERLCFLAGS -b beam conftest.$ac_ext >&5 ; echo "#!/bin/sh" > conftest$ac_exeext ; $as_echo "\"$ERL\" -run conftest start -run init stop -noshell" >> conftest$ac_exeext ; chmod +x conftest$ac_exeext'
+     if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
+  { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
+as_fn_error "cannot run test program while cross compiling
+See \`config.log' for more details." "$LINENO" 5; }
+else
+  cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+-module(conftest).
+-export([start/0]).
+
+start() ->
+	    ReturnValue = case code:lib_dir("erts") of
+	    {error, bad_name} ->
+		file:write_file("conftest.out", "not found\n"),
+		1;
+	    LibDir ->
+		file:write_file("conftest.out", LibDir),
+		0
+	    end,
+	    halt(ReturnValue)
+.
+
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_erl_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_erlang_lib_dir_erts=`cat conftest.out`
+	 rm -f conftest.out
+else
+  if test ! -f conftest.out; then
+	     { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
+as_fn_error "test Erlang program execution failed
+See \`config.log' for more details." "$LINENO" 5; }
+	 else
+	     ac_cv_erlang_lib_dir_erts="not found"
+	     rm -f conftest.out
+	 fi
+fi
+rm -f core *.core core.conftest.* gmon.out bb.out conftest$ac_exeext \
+  conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+
+     ac_ext=c
+ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
+
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_erlang_lib_dir_erts" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_erlang_lib_dir_erts" >&6; }
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for Erlang/OTP 'erts' library version" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for Erlang/OTP 'erts' library version... " >&6; }
+if test "${ac_cv_erlang_lib_ver_erts+set}" = set; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test "$ac_cv_erlang_lib_dir_erts" = "not found"; then :
+  ac_cv_erlang_lib_ver_erts="not found"
+else
+  ac_cv_erlang_lib_ver_erts=`$as_echo "$ac_cv_erlang_lib_dir_erts" | sed -n -e 's,^.*-\([^/-]*\)$,\1,p'`
+fi
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_erlang_lib_ver_erts" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_erlang_lib_ver_erts" >&6; }
+ERLANG_LIB_DIR_erts=$ac_cv_erlang_lib_dir_erts
+
+ERLANG_LIB_VER_erts=$ac_cv_erlang_lib_ver_erts
+
+if test "$ac_cv_erlang_lib_dir_erts" = "not found"; then :
+
+fi
+
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for Erlang/OTP 'erl_interface' library subdirectory" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for Erlang/OTP 'erl_interface' library subdirectory... " >&6; }
 if test "${ac_cv_erlang_lib_dir_erl_interface+set}" = set; then :
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4b0554b..af769aa 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([bzero strstr])
 AC_ERLANG_NEED_ERLC
 AC_ERLANG_SUBST_ROOT_DIR
 AC_ERLANG_SUBST_LIB_DIR
+AC_ERLANG_CHECK_LIB(erts)
 AC_ERLANG_CHECK_LIB(erl_interface)
 AC_ERLANG_CHECK_LIB(kernel)
 AC_ERLANG_CHECK_LIB(stdlib)