diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c229183..05bc045 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ AC_PROG_CC
 
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LZ4],
-	  [liblz4 >= 1.7.1 liblz4 < 100],
-	  [have_lz4="yes"],
-	  [LZ4_LIBS="-llz4"] # If this fails, we will do another test next.
-					     # We also add set LZ4_LIBS otherwise the
-					     # linker will not know about the lz4 library
-)
+		[liblz4 >= 1.7.1 liblz4 < 100],
+		[have_lz4="yes"],
+		[PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LZ4],
+			[liblz4 >= 131],
+			[have_lz4="yes"])
+])
 
 AC_SUBST(LZ4_LIBS)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])