diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3c7470096ffb4fc9b68475c2eb8b306027c8cf30..eb49bb6680c1863afe74505c42ccc1e71885186a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2475,7 +2475,8 @@ fi
 # zstd check
 
 if test "$zstd" != "no" ; then
-    if $pkg_config --exist libzstd ; then
+    libzstd_minver="1.4.0"
+    if $pkg_config --atleast-version=$libzstd_minver libzstd ; then
         zstd_cflags="$($pkg_config --cflags libzstd)"
         zstd_libs="$($pkg_config --libs libzstd)"
         LIBS="$zstd_libs $LIBS"