diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5fe3a944967..dfc8e1aa7d8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 
 dnl Versions for external dependencies
 LIBDRM_REQUIRED=2.4.3
+LIBDRM_RADEON_REQUIRED=2.4.17
 DRI2PROTO_REQUIRED=1.99.3
 
 dnl Check for progs
@@ -577,7 +578,7 @@ dri)
     GL_PC_REQ_PRIV="libdrm >= $LIBDRM_REQUIRED dri2proto >= $DRI2PROTO_REQUIRED"
     DRI_PC_REQ_PRIV="libdrm >= $LIBDRM_REQUIRED"
 
-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBDRM_RADEON], [libdrm_radeon], HAVE_LIBDRM_RADEON=yes, HAVE_LIBDRM_RADEON=no)
+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBDRM_RADEON], [libdrm_radeon libdrm >= $LIBDRM_RADEON_REQUIRED], HAVE_LIBDRM_RADEON=yes, HAVE_LIBDRM_RADEON=no)
 
     if test "$HAVE_LIBDRM_RADEON" = yes; then
 	RADEON_CFLAGS="-DHAVE_LIBDRM_RADEON=1 $LIBDRM_RADEON_CFLAGS"