diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0a19b033bc203f102c305a4626e74a39007aa668..0a4f0da58f9ccc83e0a01773d4413964f106c7a7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4449,7 +4449,7 @@ fi
 
 # check for smartcard support
 if test "$smartcard" != "no"; then
-    if $pkg_config libcacard; then
+    if $pkg_config --atleast-version=2.5.1 libcacard; then
         libcacard_cflags=$($pkg_config --cflags libcacard)
         libcacard_libs=$($pkg_config --libs libcacard)
         smartcard="yes"
diff --git a/hw/usb/ccid-card-emulated.c b/hw/usb/ccid-card-emulated.c
index ea42e4681dd94aa92b58ba2711b4292fe2a4f163..5c8b3c99070a2364019f42c0564045f1a4eb4400 100644
--- a/hw/usb/ccid-card-emulated.c
+++ b/hw/usb/ccid-card-emulated.c
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include <eventt.h>
-#include <vevent.h>
-#include <vreader.h>
-#include <vcard_emul.h>
+#include <libcacard.h>
 
 #include "qemu/thread.h"
 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
diff --git a/hw/usb/ccid-card-passthru.c b/hw/usb/ccid-card-passthru.c
index b7dd3602dc7a9205ac475e29cd2832b35987f60e..7684db0cb370f8c93c56fa643a025a0a05b29cfb 100644
--- a/hw/usb/ccid-card-passthru.c
+++ b/hw/usb/ccid-card-passthru.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include <cacard/vscard_common.h>
+#include <libcacard.h>
 #include "chardev/char-fe.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qemu/sockets.h"