diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a978473..302ac4d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 dnl libtool/libtoolize; version 2.4.2 is the tested version. This or any
 dnl compatible later version may be used
 LT_INIT([win32-dll])
-LT_PREREQ([2.4.2])
+LT_PREREQ([2.4])
 
 # Some awks crash when confronted with pnglibconf.dfa, do a test run now
 # to make sure this doesn't happen