diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e20e322..bfae47f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([cares],
 
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([socket], [network socket])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([snprintf vsnprintf])
+AC_CHECK_DECLS([va_copy], [], [], [#include <stdarg.h>])
 
 if test "x$enable_tls" != xno; then
     PKG_CHECK_MODULES([openssl], [openssl],
diff --git a/src/ctx.c b/src/ctx.c
index 3491616..da2d643 100644
--- a/src/ctx.c
+++ b/src/ctx.c
@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@
 #include "resolver.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
-/* Workaround for visual studio without va_copy support. */
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1800 || defined(__HAIKU__)
-#define va_copy(d, s) ((d) = (s))
+/* Workaround for systems without va_copy support. */
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1800 || \
+    !defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(HAVE_DECL_VA_COPY)
+#define va_copy(d, s) (memcpy(&d, &s, sizeof(va_list)))
 #endif
 
 /** Initialize the Strophe library.