diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1bc858f39..3832f92ea 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([jack],
     AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-jack],[Disable optional JACK support]))
 
 AS_IF([test "x$enable_jack" != "xno"],
-    [PKG_CHECK_MODULES(JACK, [ jack >= 0.100 ], HAVE_JACK=1, HAVE_JACK=0)],
+    [PKG_CHECK_MODULES(JACK, [ jack >= 0.117.0 ], HAVE_JACK=1, HAVE_JACK=0)],
     HAVE_JACK=0)
 
 AS_IF([test "x$enable_jack" = "xyes" && test "x$HAVE_JACK" = "x0"],