diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4b95fca4e6..aa74a5ba09 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ if test x$system_univalue != xno ; then
     m4_ifdef(
       [PKG_CHECK_MODULES],
       [
-        PKG_CHECK_MODULES([UNIVALUE],[libunivalue],[found_univalue=yes],[true])
+        PKG_CHECK_MODULES([UNIVALUE],[libunivalue >= 1.0.4],[found_univalue=yes],[true])
       ]
     )
   else