diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bc0ac931e1..774d0248a6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1623,6 +1623,8 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_POSIX_FALLOCATE', cc.has_function('posix_fallocate'
 # thinking that Windows has posix_memalign()
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_POSIX_MEMALIGN', cc.has_function('posix_memalign', prefix: '#include <stdlib.h>'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_ALIGNED_MALLOC', cc.has_function('_aligned_malloc'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_VALLOC', cc.has_function('valloc'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_MEMALIGN', cc.has_function('memalign'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PPOLL', cc.has_function('ppoll'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PREADV', cc.has_function('preadv', prefix: '#include <sys/uio.h>'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SEM_TIMEDWAIT', cc.has_function('sem_timedwait', dependencies: threads))
diff --git a/util/memalign.c b/util/memalign.c
index 22b405700e..083aaae619 100644
--- a/util/memalign.c
+++ b/util/memalign.c
@@ -56,10 +56,12 @@ void *qemu_try_memalign(size_t alignment, size_t size)
     }
 #elif defined(CONFIG_ALIGNED_MALLOC)
     ptr = _aligned_malloc(size, alignment);
-#elif defined(CONFIG_BSD)
+#elif defined(CONFIG_VALLOC)
     ptr = valloc(size);
-#else
+#elif defined(CONFIG_MEMALIGN)
     ptr = memalign(alignment, size);
+#else
+    #error No function to allocate aligned memory available
 #endif
     trace_qemu_memalign(alignment, size, ptr);
     return ptr;