diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0b9792fa..a29b9457 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-10-22 Bart Hakvoort  <gparted@users.sf.net>
+
+	* configure.in: libpartedcheck now looks for correct version number (finally i'll be rid off those stupid bugreports =) )
+
 2004-10-22 Bart Hakvoort  <gparted@users.sf.net>
 
 	* src/Dialog_Partition_Info.cc: codecleanups.. Hey! i was bored :P
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 4bbce0d9..26f068e8 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -29,8 +29,13 @@ AC_PROG_INTLTOOL
 dnl======================
 dnl checks for libs 
 dnl======================
+AC_PATH_PROG(PARTED_PATH, parted, [], /sbin /usr/sbin /usr/local/sbin)
+if ! (( ($( $PARTED_PATH --version | cut -d. -f3 )) > 12 )) 2>/dev/null
+then
+	AC_MSG_ERROR([*** libparted >= 1.6.13 not installed - get it from http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/ ***])
+fi
+
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTKMM, gtkmm-2.4 )
-AC_CHECK_LIB(parted, ped_device_probe_all,  [], AC_MSG_ERROR([*** libparted >= 1.6.13 not installed - please install first ***]), -luuid -ldl)
 AC_SUBST(GTKMM_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(GTKMM_CFLAGS)