diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 99aafda61..4590a552f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([bluez],
     AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-bluez],[Disable optional BlueZ support]))
 
 AS_IF([test "x$enable_bluez" != "xno"],
-    [PKG_CHECK_MODULES(BLUEZ, [ bluez >= 3.0 ], HAVE_BLUEZ=1, HAVE_BLUEZ=0)],
+    [PKG_CHECK_MODULES(BLUEZ, [ bluez >= 4.99 ], HAVE_BLUEZ=1, HAVE_BLUEZ=0)],
     HAVE_BLUEZ=0)
 AS_IF([test "x$enable_bluez" != "xno"],
     [PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SBC, [ sbc >= 1.0 ], HAVE_BLUEZ=1, HAVE_BLUEZ=0)],