diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2b9e740d..29f45d24 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ if test x$enable_systemd = xno ; then
     have_systemd=no;
 else
     PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SYSTEMD,
-        [ libsystemd-login libsystemd-daemon ],
+        [libsystemd-login >= 32, libsystemd-daemon >= 32],
         have_systemd=yes,
         have_systemd=no)
     AC_SUBST(SYSTEMD_CFLAGS)