diff --git a/legacy/evil/ChangeLog b/legacy/evil/ChangeLog
index f9bf1b8352..540a8635d9 100644
--- a/legacy/evil/ChangeLog
+++ b/legacy/evil/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-02-27  Vincent Torri  <doursse at users dot sf dot net>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	force libtool >= 2.4
+
 2011-02-23  Vincent Torri  <doursse at users dot sf dot net>
 
 	* src/lib/evil_stdio.c:
diff --git a/legacy/evil/configure.ac b/legacy/evil/configure.ac
index 5f781826a1..54c10c460b 100644
--- a/legacy/evil/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/evil/configure.ac
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ esac
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.6 dist-bzip2])
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
 
+LT_PREREQ([2.4])
 LT_INIT([win32-dll])
 
 version_info="lt_rev:lt_cur:lt_age"