diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e014d7a..024e584 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ AC_GHC_PKG_REQUIRE(hinotify)
 AC_GHC_PKG_REQUIRE(Crypto)
 AC_GHC_PKG_REQUIRE(lifted-base)
 AC_GHC_PKG_REQUIRE(lens)
-AC_GHC_PKG_REQUIRE(regex-pcre)
+AC_GHC_PKG_REQUIRE(regex-pcre-builtin)
 
 #extra modules for monitoring daemon functionality; also needed for tests
 MONITORING_PKG=