diff --git a/auto/unix b/auto/unix
index 10fd3d2..9b4764c 100755
--- a/auto/unix
+++ b/auto/unix
@@ -398,16 +398,36 @@
 
     if [ $ngx_found = yes ]; then
         CORE_SRCS="$CORE_SRCS $FILE_AIO_SRCS"
+    fi
 
-    elif [ $ngx_found = no ]; then
+    if [ $ngx_found = no ]; then
 
         ngx_feature="Linux AIO support"
         ngx_feature_name="NGX_HAVE_FILE_AIO"
         ngx_feature_run=no
         ngx_feature_incs="#include <linux/aio_abi.h>
-                          #include <sys/syscall.h>"
+                          #include <sys/eventfd.h>"
         ngx_feature_path=
         ngx_feature_libs=
+        ngx_feature_test="struct iocb  iocb;
+                          iocb.aio_lio_opcode = IOCB_CMD_PREAD;
+                          iocb.aio_flags = IOCB_FLAG_RESFD;
+                          iocb.aio_resfd = -1;
+                          (void) eventfd(0, 0)"
+        . auto/feature
+
+        if [ $ngx_found = yes ]; then
+            have=NGX_HAVE_EVENTFD . auto/have
+            have=NGX_HAVE_SYS_EVENTFD_H . auto/have
+            CORE_SRCS="$CORE_SRCS $LINUX_AIO_SRCS"
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if [ $ngx_found = no ]; then
+
+        ngx_feature="Linux AIO support (SYS_eventfd)"
+        ngx_feature_incs="#include <linux/aio_abi.h>
+                          #include <sys/syscall.h>"
         ngx_feature_test="int  n = SYS_eventfd;
                           struct iocb  iocb;
                           iocb.aio_lio_opcode = IOCB_CMD_PREAD;
@@ -418,16 +438,17 @@
         if [ $ngx_found = yes ]; then
             have=NGX_HAVE_EVENTFD . auto/have
             CORE_SRCS="$CORE_SRCS $LINUX_AIO_SRCS"
+        fi
+    fi
 
-        else
-            cat << END
+    if [ $ngx_found = no ]; then
+        cat << END
 
 $0: no supported file AIO was found
 Currently file AIO is supported on FreeBSD 4.3+ and Linux 2.6.22+ only
 
 END
-           exit 1
-        fi
+        exit 1
     fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/event/modules/ngx_epoll_module.c b/src/event/modules/ngx_epoll_module.c
index f5f6631..a098c1c 100644
--- a/src/event/modules/ngx_epoll_module.c
+++ b/src/event/modules/ngx_epoll_module.c
@@ -193,10 +193,6 @@
  * We call io_setup(), io_destroy() io_submit(), and io_getevents() directly
  * as syscalls instead of libaio usage, because the library header file
  * supports eventfd() since 0.3.107 version only.
- *
- * Also we do not use eventfd() in glibc, because glibc supports it
- * since 2.8 version and glibc maps two syscalls eventfd() and eventfd2()
- * into single eventfd() function with different number of parameters.
  */
 
 static int
@@ -227,7 +223,11 @@
     int                 n;
     struct epoll_event  ee;
 
+#if (NGX_HAVE_SYS_EVENTFD_H)
+    ngx_eventfd = eventfd(0, 0);
+#else
     ngx_eventfd = syscall(SYS_eventfd, 0);
+#endif
 
     if (ngx_eventfd == -1) {
         ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, cycle->log, ngx_errno,
diff --git a/src/os/unix/ngx_linux_config.h b/src/os/unix/ngx_linux_config.h
index 72594ba..c6c02c9 100644
--- a/src/os/unix/ngx_linux_config.h
+++ b/src/os/unix/ngx_linux_config.h
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@
 
 
 #if (NGX_HAVE_FILE_AIO)
+#if (NGX_HAVE_SYS_EVENTFD_H)
+#include <sys/eventfd.h>
+#endif
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <linux/aio_abi.h>
 typedef struct iocb  ngx_aiocb_t;