diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f1c98a4fb1..1218ff716b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ if test "$_skip_cc_check" != yes ; then
       cc_version="v. ?.??, bad"
       cc_verc_fail=yes
       ;;
-    2.95.[2-9]|2.95.[2-9][-.][0-9]|3.[0-9]|3.[0-9].[0-9])
+    2.95.[2-9]|2.95.[2-9][-.]*|3.[0-9]|3.[0-9].[0-9])
       cc_version="$cc_version, ok"
       cc_verc_fail=no
       ;;