diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 758c89322f8a002497ab567d5b16970ab189587f..dbae23852c56231662d65a3c169e6823f58dcebd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ if test "$with_audit" != "no" ; then
   LIBS="$LIBS $AUDIT_LIBS"
   fail=0
   AC_CHECK_HEADER([libaudit.h], [], [fail=1])
-  AC_CHECK_LIB([audit], [audit_is_enabled], [], [fail=1])
+  AC_CHECK_LIB([audit], [audit_encode_nv_string], [], [fail=1])
 
   if test $fail = 1 ; then
     if test "$with_audit" = "yes" ; then