diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ca837ff0b7..21793ad1eb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ case $host in
        ;;
 esac
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SQLITE], [sqlite3 >= 3.8.3.1])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SQLITE], [sqlite3 >= 3.7.13])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CURL], [libcurl >= 7.19])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PCRE], [libpcre >= 7.8])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SPEEX], [speex >= 1.2rc1 speexdsp >= 1.2rc1])