--- b/configure.in
+++ a/configure.in
@@ -1499,6 +1499,9 @@
     dnl though we do not do this as it breaks the big test on older versions
     dnl of linux (CentOS 4.6) using newer versions of gcc (4.6.2).
     AM_CPPFLAGS="-D_BSD_SOURCE $AM_CPPFLAGS"
+
+    dnl _GNU_SOURCE is needed for vasprintf
+    AM_CPPFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE $AM_CPPFLAGS"
     ;;
 esac
 
--- a/test/cache_common.h
+++ b/test/cache_common.h
@@ -702,5 +702,9 @@
                          hbool_t compare_init,
                          int test_num);
 
+hbool_t resize_configs_are_equal(const H5C_auto_size_ctl_t *a,
+                                 const H5C_auto_size_ctl_t *b,
+                                 hbool_t compare_init);
+
 #endif /* _CACHE_COMMON_H */
 
--- a/tools/misc/talign.c
+++ b/tools/misc/talign.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #include "hdf5.h"
 #include "H5private.h"
+#include "h5tools.h"
 
 const char *fname = "talign.h5";
 const char *setname = "align";
--- a/tools/h5repack/testh5repack_detect_szip.c
+++ b/tools/h5repack/testh5repack_detect_szip.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "h5repack.h"
 #include "h5tools.h"
 #include "h5test.h"
+#include "h5tools_utils.h"
 
 
 /* Name of tool */
--- a/hl/src/H5LTanalyze.c
+++ b/hl/src/H5LTanalyze.c
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
 #define YY_FLEX_MINOR_VERSION 5
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include "H5pubconf.h"
 #ifdef H5_HAVE_UNISTD_H
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif