diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0410c83..4d2602f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -74,6 +74,17 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(rebuilds, [  --disable-rebuilds      disable all source autogenera
 # is found, so autogenerated sources can be rebuilt
 AC_CHECK_PROGS(PERL, perl5 perl)
 
+# _NL_TIME_FIRST_WEEKDAY is an enum and not a define
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for _NL_TIME_FIRST_WEEKDAY])
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <langinfo.h>]],
+                                   [[nl_langinfo(_NL_TIME_FIRST_WEEKDAY);]])],
+               [langinfo_ok=yes], [langinfo_ok=no])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([$langinfo_ok])
+if test "$langinfo_ok" = "yes"; then
+  AC_DEFINE([HAVE__NL_TIME_FIRST_WEEKDAY], [1],
+            [Define if _NL_TIME_FIRST_WEEKDAY is available])
+fi
+
 REBUILD=\#
 if test "x$enable_rebuilds" = "xyes" && \
      test -n "$PERL" && \
diff --git a/hildon/hildon-calendar.c b/hildon/hildon-calendar.c
index b460e50..3c88f4c 100644
--- a/hildon/hildon-calendar.c
+++ b/hildon/hildon-calendar.c
@@ -986,6 +986,7 @@ hildon_calendar_init                            (HildonCalendar *calendar)
     else if (strcmp (year_before, "calendar:MY") != 0)
         g_warning ("Whoever translated calendar:MY did so wrongly.\n");
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE__NL_TIME_FIRST_WEEKDAY
     langinfo = nl_langinfo (_NL_TIME_FIRST_WEEKDAY);
     first_weekday = langinfo[0];
     langinfo = nl_langinfo (_NL_TIME_WEEK_1STDAY);
@@ -1012,6 +1013,9 @@ hildon_calendar_init                            (HildonCalendar *calendar)
     }
 
     private_data->week_start = (week_1stday + first_weekday - 1) % 7;
+#else
+    private_data->week_start = 0;
+#endif
 
     locales_init (private_data);
 }
diff --git a/hildon/hildon-weekday-picker.c b/hildon/hildon-weekday-picker.c
index d357c91..e436940 100644
--- a/hildon/hildon-weekday-picker.c
+++ b/hildon/hildon-weekday-picker.c
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ hildon_weekday_picker_init                      (HildonWeekdayPicker *picker)
 
     sgroup = gtk_size_group_new (GTK_SIZE_GROUP_BOTH);
 
+#ifdef HAVE__NL_TIME_FIRST_WEEKDAY
     /* Check our first weekday */
     day = *nl_langinfo (_NL_TIME_FIRST_WEEKDAY); 
 
@@ -218,6 +219,9 @@ hildon_weekday_picker_init                      (HildonWeekdayPicker *picker)
     /* Shift the days by one. This is done because GDateWeekday 
      * starts with Monday(1) and langinfo's first day is Sunday */
     day--;
+#else
+    day = 1;
+#endif
 
     if (day < 1)
         day = 7;
