diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b37c8b6..6e50b94 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -49,8 +49,19 @@ case "$host_os" in
 esac
 
 # EFL dependencies
+efl_version="1.20.0"
+requirement_expedite=" \
+eo >= ${efl_version} \
+efl >= ${efl_version} \
+eina >= ${efl_version} \
+evas >= ${efl_version} \
+eet >= ${efl_version} \
+ecore-evas >= ${efl_version} \
+ecore >= ${efl_version}"
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([EFL], eina >= 1.7.99 efl >= 1.13.0 eo >= 1.7.99 evas >= 1.7.99 eet >= 1.7.99 ecore-evas >= 1.7.99 ecore >= 1.7.99)
+AC_SUBST(requirement_expedite)
+
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([EFL], [${requirement_expedite}])
 
 EFL_ENABLE_EO_API_SUPPORT
 EFL_ENABLE_BETA_API_SUPPORT