--- a/libs/apr/configure.ac
+++ b/libs/apr/configure.ac
@@ -1956,8 +1956,11 @@
 
 APR_CHECK_TCP_NODELAY_INHERITED
 APR_CHECK_O_NONBLOCK_INHERITED
-APR_CHECK_TCP_NODELAY_WITH_CORK
-
+dnl Check TCP_NODELAY_WITH_CORK ONLY when NOT cross compiling
+if test "$cross_compiling" != yes; then
+  APR_CHECK_TCP_NODELAY_WITH_CORK
+fi
+  
 # Look for a way of corking TCP...
 APR_CHECK_DEFINE(TCP_CORK, netinet/tcp.h)
 APR_CHECK_DEFINE(TCP_NOPUSH, netinet/tcp.h)