diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 9928e836fa..2276ee29b4 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #                                               -*- Autoconf -*-
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
-AC_PREREQ(2.59)
+AC_PREREQ(2.57)
 AC_INIT(FULL-PACKAGE-NAME, VERSION, BUG-REPORT-ADDRESS)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(build/config)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libfreeswitch,0.1)