diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e27fa5b..7201d84 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf 1.8 or later to make a configure script.
 AC_REVISION($Revision$)dnl
-AC_PREREQ(1.11)dnl
+AC_PREREQ(1.8)dnl
 AC_INIT(Include/object.h)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)dnl
 # Don't suppress compiler output when --verbose is specified