diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 76cb670..02d4f53 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -877,39 +877,32 @@
   dnl releases.  malloc_zone_t and malloc_introspection_t have new fields in
   dnl 10.6, which is the only source-level indication of the change.
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([malloc zone version])
-  AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <malloc/malloc.h>], [
-	static malloc_zone_t zone;
-	static struct malloc_introspection_t zone_introspect;
+  AC_DEFUN([JE_ZONE_PROGRAM],
+    [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+      [#include <malloc/malloc.h>],
+      [static foo[[sizeof($1) $2 sizeof(void *) * $3 ? 1 : -1]]]
+    )])
 
-	zone.size = NULL;
-	zone.malloc = NULL;
-	zone.calloc = NULL;
-	zone.valloc = NULL;
-	zone.free = NULL;
-	zone.realloc = NULL;
-	zone.destroy = NULL;
-	zone.zone_name = "jemalloc_zone";
-	zone.batch_malloc = NULL;
-	zone.batch_free = NULL;
-	zone.introspect = &zone_introspect;
-	zone.version = 6;
-	zone.memalign = NULL;
-	zone.free_definite_size = NULL;
-
-	zone_introspect.enumerator = NULL;
-	zone_introspect.good_size = NULL;
-	zone_introspect.check = NULL;
-	zone_introspect.print = NULL;
-	zone_introspect.log = NULL;
-	zone_introspect.force_lock = NULL;
-	zone_introspect.force_unlock = NULL;
-	zone_introspect.statistics = NULL;
-	zone_introspect.zone_locked = NULL;
-], [AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([JEMALLOC_ZONE_VERSION], [6])
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([6])],
-   [AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([JEMALLOC_ZONE_VERSION], [3])
-   AC_MSG_RESULT([3])])
+  AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([JE_ZONE_PROGRAM(malloc_zone_t,==,14)],[JEMALLOC_ZONE_VERSION=3],[
+  AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([JE_ZONE_PROGRAM(malloc_zone_t,==,15)],[JEMALLOC_ZONE_VERSION=5],[
+  AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([JE_ZONE_PROGRAM(malloc_zone_t,==,16)],[
+    AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([JE_ZONE_PROGRAM(malloc_introspection_t,==,9)],[JEMALLOC_ZONE_VERSION=6],[
+    AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([JE_ZONE_PROGRAM(malloc_introspection_t,==,13)],[JEMALLOC_ZONE_VERSION=7],[JEMALLOC_ZONE_VERSION=]
+  )])],[
+  AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([JE_ZONE_PROGRAM(malloc_zone_t,==,17)],[JEMALLOC_ZONE_VERSION=8],[
+  AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([JE_ZONE_PROGRAM(malloc_zone_t,>,17)],[JEMALLOC_ZONE_VERSION=9],[JEMALLOC_ZONE_VERSION=]
+  )])])])])
+  if test "x${JEMALLOC_ZONE_VERSION}" = "x"; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([unsupported])
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Unsupported malloc zone version])
+  fi
+  if test "${JEMALLOC_ZONE_VERSION}" = 9; then
+    JEMALLOC_ZONE_VERSION=8
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([> 8])
+  else
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([$JEMALLOC_ZONE_VERSION])
+  fi
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(JEMALLOC_ZONE_VERSION, [$JEMALLOC_ZONE_VERSION])
 fi
 
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