diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 64ec870..eb1139f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([guile], [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-guile],
 # comes with it's own PC file so we have to specify them as individual
 # packages.  Ugh.
 AS_IF([test "x$with_guile" != xno],
-[ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GUILE], [guile-2.0], [have_guile=yes],
-  [PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GUILE], [guile-1.8], [have_guile=yes],
+[ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GUILE], [guile-2.2], [have_guile=yes],
+  [PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GUILE], [guile-2.0], [have_guile=yes],
     [have_guile=no])])
 ])
 
