diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 18c43765c6..df82eb2280 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5608,7 +5608,9 @@ enabled libtheora         && require libtheora theora/theoraenc.h th_info_init -
 enabled libtwolame        && require libtwolame twolame.h twolame_init -ltwolame &&
                              { check_lib twolame.h twolame_encode_buffer_float32_interleaved -ltwolame ||
                                die "ERROR: libtwolame must be installed and version must be >= 0.3.10"; }
-enabled libutvideo        && require_cpp utvideo "stdint.h stdlib.h utvideo/utvideo.h utvideo/Codec.h" 'CCodec*' -lutvideo -lstdc++
+enabled libutvideo        && { require_cpp utvideo "stdint.h stdlib.h utvideo/utvideo.h utvideo/Codec.h" 'CCodec*' -lutvideo -lstdc++ &&
+                               check_cpp_condition utvideo/utvideo.h "!defined(UTVIDEO_VERSION_MAJOR) || UTVIDEO_VERSION_MAJOR < 15 || UTVIDEO_VERSION_MAJOR == 15 && UTVIDEO_VERSION_MINOR < 4" ||
+                               die "ERROR: libutvideo version must be <= 15.3.0."; }
 enabled libv4l2           && require_pkg_config libv4l2 libv4l2.h v4l2_ioctl
 enabled libvidstab        && require_pkg_config "vidstab >= 0.98" vid.stab/libvidstab.h vsMotionDetectInit
 enabled libvo_amrwbenc    && require libvo_amrwbenc vo-amrwbenc/enc_if.h E_IF_init -lvo-amrwbenc