diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3505b4ae5c..42c09b42a0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2000,6 +2000,12 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([WITH_MACVTAP], [test "$with_macvtap" = "yes"])
 test "x$srcdir" = x. && ! test -f COPYING &&
 cp -f COPYING.LIB COPYING
 
+# Detect when running under the clang static analyzer's scan-build driver
+# or Coverity-prevent's cov-build.  Define STATIC_ANALYSIS accordingly.
+test -n "$CCC_ANALYZER_ANALYSIS$COVERITY_BUILD_COMMAND" && t=1 || t=0
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([STATIC_ANALYSIS], [$t],
+  [Define to 1 when performing static analysis.])
+
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile src/Makefile include/Makefile docs/Makefile \
 	  docs/schemas/Makefile \
 	  gnulib/lib/Makefile \