diff --git a/sapi/fpm/config.m4 b/sapi/fpm/config.m4
index 51de63df75a80..f1c02727ca124 100644
--- a/sapi/fpm/config.m4
+++ b/sapi/fpm/config.m4
@@ -489,9 +489,11 @@ if test "$PHP_FPM" != "no"; then
   if test "$PHP_FPM_ACL" != "no" ; then
     AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/acl.h])
 
-    AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[#include <sys/acl.h>
-      int main(void)
-      {
+    dnl *BSD has acl_* built into libc, macOS doesn't have user/group support.
+    LIBS_save="$LIBS"
+    AC_SEARCH_LIBS([acl_free], [acl], [
+      AC_MSG_CHECKING([for acl user/group permissions support])
+      AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([#include <sys/acl.h>], [
         acl_t acl;
         acl_entry_t user, group;
         acl = acl_init(1);
@@ -500,39 +502,14 @@ if test "$PHP_FPM" != "no"; then
         acl_create_entry(&acl, &group);
         acl_set_tag_type(user, ACL_GROUP);
         acl_free(acl);
-        return 0;
-      }
-    ]])], [
-      AC_CHECK_LIB(acl, acl_free,
-        [PHP_ADD_LIBRARY(acl)
-          have_fpm_acl=yes
-        ],[
-          AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[#include <sys/acl.h>
-            int main(void)
-            {
-              acl_t acl;
-              acl_entry_t user, group;
-              acl = acl_init(1);
-              acl_create_entry(&acl, &user);
-              acl_set_tag_type(user, ACL_USER);
-              acl_create_entry(&acl, &group);
-              acl_set_tag_type(user, ACL_GROUP);
-              acl_free(acl);
-              return 0;
-            }
-          ]])],[have_fpm_acl=yes],[have_fpm_acl=no],[have_fpm_acl=no])
-        ])
-    ], [
-      have_fpm_acl=no
+      ])], [
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+        AC_DEFINE([HAVE_FPM_ACL], [1], [Whether FPM has acl support])
+      ], [
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+        LIBS="$LIBS_save"
+      ])
     ])
-
-    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for acl user/group permissions support])
-    if test "$have_fpm_acl" = "yes"; then
-      AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-      AC_DEFINE([HAVE_FPM_ACL], 1, [do we have acl support?])
-    else
-      AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-    fi
   fi
 
   if test "x$PHP_FPM_APPARMOR" != "xno" ; then