diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d2aaa651..152a30e0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([ \
   dup2 \
   getcwd \
   getpwnam \
+  initgroups \
   localtime_r \
   memchr \
   memmove \
diff --git a/src/shrpx_worker_process.cc b/src/shrpx_worker_process.cc
index c2358c58..04ff2698 100644
--- a/src/shrpx_worker_process.cc
+++ b/src/shrpx_worker_process.cc
@@ -64,12 +64,14 @@ void drop_privileges(
 #endif // HAVE_NEVERBLEED
     ) {
   if (getuid() == 0 && get_config()->uid != 0) {
+#ifdef HAVE_INITGROUPS
     if (initgroups(get_config()->user.get(), get_config()->gid) != 0) {
       auto error = errno;
       LOG(FATAL) << "Could not change supplementary groups: "
                  << strerror(error);
       exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
+#endif // HAVE_INITGROUPS
     if (setgid(get_config()->gid) != 0) {
       auto error = errno;
       LOG(FATAL) << "Could not change gid: " << strerror(error);