diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0380534..fe247fe 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -431,9 +431,11 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([BINDINGS_JAVA], [test "x$BINDINGS_JAVA" = xyes])
 ##############################
 
 # Add mandatory dependencies to module list.
-SR_APPEND([SR_PKGLIBS], ['libzip >= 0.11'])
+SR_APPEND([SR_PKGLIBS], ['libzip >= 0.10'])
 AC_SUBST([SR_PKGLIBS])
 
+AC_CHECK_FUNC([zip_discard], [], [AC_DEFINE([zip_discard(x)], [], [Define zip_discard() as found in libzip >= 0.11])])
+
 # Retrieve the compile and link flags for all modules combined.
 # Also, bail out at this point if any module dependency is not met.
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBSIGROK], [glib-2.0 >= 2.32.0 $SR_PKGLIBS])