--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ regular_CFLAGS="-Wall -Waggregate-return -Wmissing-declarations \
 
 if test -n "$kbuilddir"; then
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([kernel version that we will build against])
-	krel="$(make -sC "$kbuilddir" M=$PWD kernelrelease | $AWK -v 'FS=[[^0-9.]]' '{print $1; exit}')";
+	krel="$(make -sC "$kbuilddir" M=$PWD kernelversion | $AWK -v 'FS=[[^0-9.]]' '{print $1; exit}')";
 	save_IFS=$IFS;
 	IFS='.';
 	set x $krel;
