diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e5a787198d36fd555ce1e60a9ee12f3476225262..37482cf1ef558048f248f1a5751318548759a0b6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1009,11 +1009,12 @@ check_lib(){
 
 check_pkg_config(){
     log check_pkg_config "$@"
-    pkg="$1"
+    pkg_version="$1"
+    pkg="${1%% *}"
     headers="$2"
     funcs="$3"
     shift 3
-    check_cmd $pkg_config --exists --print-errors $pkg || return
+    check_cmd $pkg_config --exists --print-errors $pkg_version || return
     pkg_cflags=$($pkg_config --cflags $pkg_config_flags $pkg)
     pkg_libs=$($pkg_config --libs $pkg_config_flags $pkg)
     check_func_headers "$headers" "$funcs" $pkg_cflags $pkg_libs "$@" &&
@@ -1098,17 +1099,18 @@ check_compile_assert(){
 
 require(){
     log require "$@"
-    name="$1"
+    name_version="$1"
     headers="$2"
     func="$3"
     shift 3
-    check_lib "$headers" $func "$@" || die "ERROR: $name not found"
+    check_lib "$headers" $func "$@" || die "ERROR: $name_version not found"
 }
 
 require_pkg_config(){
     log require_pkg_config "$@"
-    pkg="$1"
-    check_pkg_config "$@" || die "ERROR: $pkg not found"
+    pkg_version="$1"
+    pkg="${1%% *}"
+    check_pkg_config "$@" || die "ERROR: $pkg_version not found"
     add_cflags    $(get_safe "${pkg}_cflags")
     add_extralibs $(get_safe "${pkg}_libs")
 }