diff --git a/README b/README
index 30e241a6a..fc88eb97b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ The full requirements are described below.
 +--------------+-------------+---+-----------------------------------------+
 | sd-journal   |             | O | systemd journal library                 |
 +--------------+-------------+---+-----------------------------------------+
-| yajl         | 2           | O | JSON parser for parsing output of       |
+| yajl         | 2.0.4       | O | JSON parser for parsing output of       |
 |              |             |   | ldmtool and qemu-img info commands.     |
 +--------------+-------------+---+-----------------------------------------+
 | gdisk        |             | O | GPT disk support.                       |
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index aa2da0c6c..0b34ae3cf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$enable_fuse" != "xno"],[
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_FUSE],[test "x$enable_fuse" != "xno"])
 
 dnl Check for yajl JSON library (optional).
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([YAJL], [yajl >= 2], [
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([YAJL], [yajl >= 2.0.4], [
     AC_SUBST([YAJL_CFLAGS])
     AC_SUBST([YAJL_LIBS])
     AC_DEFINE([HAVE_YAJL],[1],[Define to 1 if you have yajl.])