diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7b89564b25..59dce9527a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2886,7 +2886,7 @@ if enabled libdc1394; then
     die "ERROR: No version of libdc1394 found "
 fi
 
-if check_pkg_config sdl SDL.h SDL_Init; then
+if check_pkg_config sdl SDL_version.h SDL_Linked_Version; then
     check_cpp_condition SDL.h "(SDL_MAJOR_VERSION<<16 | SDL_MINOR_VERSION<<8 | SDL_PATCHLEVEL) >= 0x010201" $sdl_cflags &&
     enable sdl &&
     check_struct SDL.h SDL_VideoInfo current_w $sdl_cflags && enable sdl_video_size