diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0497eb7..a5b4288 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ AC_SUBST(OPENSSL_LIBS)
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(unistd.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(openssl/conf.h)
 
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(attr/xattr.h, , [AC_MSG_ERROR([attr/xattr.h header not found. You need the libattr development package.])])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/xattr.h, , [AC_MSG_ERROR([sys/xattr.h header not found. You need the c-library development package.])])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(keyutils.h, , [AC_MSG_ERROR([keyutils.h header not found. You need the libkeyutils development package.])])
 
 #debug support - yes for a while
diff --git a/packaging/ima-evm-utils.spec b/packaging/ima-evm-utils.spec
index a11a27a..63388d2 100644
--- a/packaging/ima-evm-utils.spec
+++ b/packaging/ima-evm-utils.spec
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 BuildRequires:    autoconf
 BuildRequires:    automake
 BuildRequires:    openssl-devel
-BuildRequires:    libattr-devel
 BuildRequires:    keyutils-libs-devel
 
 %description
diff --git a/packaging/ima-evm-utils.spec.in b/packaging/ima-evm-utils.spec.in
index 7ca6c6f..65c32f9 100644
--- a/packaging/ima-evm-utils.spec.in
+++ b/packaging/ima-evm-utils.spec.in
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 BuildRequires:    autoconf
 BuildRequires:    automake
 BuildRequires:    openssl-devel
-BuildRequires:    libattr-devel
 BuildRequires:    keyutils-libs-devel
 
 %description
diff --git a/src/evmctl.c b/src/evmctl.c
index 2ffee78..3fbcd33 100644
--- a/src/evmctl.c
+++ b/src/evmctl.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
-#include <attr/xattr.h>
+#include <sys/xattr.h>
 #include <linux/xattr.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <keyutils.h>