diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 71c3bb6f3d280880985d55bfdc3af25293cb123a..a7f38e8471012ce2f86dff54b65f24ed2dd81237 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ PARTED_REQUIRED="1.8.0"
 DEVMAPPER_REQUIRED=1.0.0
 LIBPCAP_REQUIRED="1.0.0"
 LIBNL_REQUIRED="1.1"
+PARALLELS_SDK_REQUIRED="7.0.22"
 
 dnl Checks for C compiler.
 AC_PROG_CC
diff --git a/m4/virt-driver-vz.m4 b/m4/virt-driver-vz.m4
index 704976ebd4621042057d709f3d4ea6b482a1c573..67001dce50fe8f233305d092440c0cd3b88328f8 100644
--- a/m4/virt-driver-vz.m4
+++ b/m4/virt-driver-vz.m4
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_DRIVER_CHECK_VZ],[
 
     if test "$with_vz" = "yes" ||
        test "$with_vz" = "check"; then
-        PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PARALLELS_SDK], [parallels-sdk],
+        PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PARALLELS_SDK], [parallels-sdk >= $PARALLELS_SDK_REQUIRED],
                           [PARALLELS_SDK_FOUND=yes], [PARALLELS_SDK_FOUND=no])
 
         if test "$with_vz" = "yes" && test "$PARALLELS_SDK_FOUND" = "no"; then