diff --git a/sflphone-common/configure.ac b/sflphone-common/configure.ac
index 96434834b6f544fc4da4751b583e5d54f003584a..85541cebe39ee6223d7da4fb7d6e1db009e8e74f 100644
--- a/sflphone-common/configure.ac
+++ b/sflphone-common/configure.ac
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ AC_DEFINE([HAVE_SPEEX], test "x$with_speex" = "xyes", [Define if you have libspe
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_SPEEXDSP, test  $HAVE_SPEEXDSP = yes)
 
 	dnl Check for celt. Compile it only if a recent enough version is found
-	LIBCELT_MIN_VERSION=0.5.1
+	LIBCELT_MIN_VERSION=0.7.1
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CELT, celt >= ${LIBCELT_MIN_VERSION}, AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_CELT, test 1 = 1 ), AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_CELT, test 0 = 1 ))
 
 	dnl Check for IAX