diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index be260e6b..8434256a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(
 : ${enableval="yes"}
 if test x$enableval = "xyes"; then
   AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(Xft, XftOpenFontName,
+  AC_CHECK_LIB(Xft, XftFontOpenXlfd,
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([for X11/Xft/Xft.h])
     AC_TRY_LINK(
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>