diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3a0af2ea4..a829ac0ba 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-09-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* configure.ac: Correct makeinfo version check.
+	* configure: Regenerate.
+
 2007-08-29  M R Swami Reddy  <MR.Swami.Redd@nsc.com>
 
 	* config.sub: Add support for cr16 target.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1a43f9e69..04464370b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6128,7 +6128,7 @@ case " $build_configdirs " in
     # For an installed makeinfo, we require it to be from texinfo 4.4 or
     # higher, else we use the "missing" dummy.
     if ${MAKEINFO} --version \
-       | egrep 'texinfo[^0-9]*([1-3][0-9]|4\.[4-9]|[5-9])' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+       | egrep 'texinfo[^0-9]*(4\.([4-9]|[1-9][0-9])|[5-9]|[1-9][0-9])' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
       :
     else
       MAKEINFO="$MISSING makeinfo"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index da88113f0..9dccef7e3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2403,7 +2403,7 @@ changequote(,)
     # For an installed makeinfo, we require it to be from texinfo 4.4 or
     # higher, else we use the "missing" dummy.
     if ${MAKEINFO} --version \
-       | egrep 'texinfo[^0-9]*([1-3][0-9]|4\.[4-9]|[5-9])' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+       | egrep 'texinfo[^0-9]*(4\.([4-9]|[1-9][0-9])|[5-9]|[1-9][0-9])' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
       :
     else
       MAKEINFO="$MISSING makeinfo"