diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1512,7 +1512,9 @@
 
 if test -n "$UMFPACK_LIBS"; then
   ## SuiteSparse >= 4.0 needs additional link library for SuiteSparse_time()
+  save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
   save_LIBS="$LIBS";
+  CPPFLAGS="$UMFPACK_CPPFLAGS $AMD_CPPFLAGS $CPPFLAGS"
   LIBS="$UMFPACK_LIBS $AMD_LDFLAGS $AMD_LIBS $BLAS_LIBS $FLIBS $LIBS"
   xtra_libs=
   OCTAVE_UMFPACK_NEED_SUITESPARSE_TIME
@@ -1535,13 +1537,17 @@
     esac
   fi
   LIBS="$save_LIBS"
+  CPPFLAGS="$save_CPPFLAGS"
 
   ## Check for UMFPACK separately split complex matrix and RHS.
   if test -n "$UMFPACK_LIBS"; then
+    save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
     save_LIBS="$LIBS";
+    CPPFLAGS="$UMFPACK_CPPFLAGS $AMD_CPPFLAGS $CPPFLAGS"
     LIBS="$UMFPACK_LIBS $CHOLMOD_LDFLAGS $CHOLMOD_LIBS $AMD_LDFLAGS $AMD_LIBS $COLAMD_LDFLAGS $COLAMD_LIBS $LAPACK_LIBS $BLAS_LIBS $FLIBS $LIBS $xtra_libs"
     OCTAVE_UMFPACK_SEPARATE_SPLIT
     LIBS="$save_LIBS"
+    CPPFLAGS="$save_CPPFLAGS"
   fi
 fi