diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cd26a2bd7..e9043b6e9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dnl          an unwitting cast of miscellaneous others
 dnl
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to create configure.
 
-AC_PREREQ(2.57)
+AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 AC_INIT([xorg-server], 1.11.99.1, [https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg], xorg-server)
 RELEASE_DATE="2011-11-20"
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([Makefile.am])