diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 90966bd57b4db..3fe0f376feb81 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ then
     LLVM_VERSION=$($LLVM_CONFIG --version)
 
     case $LLVM_VERSION in
-        (3.[2-5]svn|3.[2-5])
+        (3.[2-5]*)
             msg "found ok version of LLVM: $LLVM_VERSION"
             ;;
         (*)