diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fef5fb30..f3a1aa67 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG()
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(FFI, [libffi])
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(EGL_COMPOSITOR,
-		  [eagle libpng cairo gdk-pixbuf-2.0 libudev >= 136 libdrm])
+		  [eagle libpng cairo gdk-pixbuf-2.0 libudev >= 136 libdrm >= 2.4.17])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(EGL_CLIENT, [eagle cairo glib-2.0 libudev])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CAIRO_CLIENT, [cairo-drm glib-2.0])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GDK_PIXBUF, [gdk-pixbuf-2.0])