diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0f23a8a0a..60dd10258 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -313,11 +313,7 @@ fi
 #############
 ## Fontconfig
 #############
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(FONTCONFIG, fontconfig >= fontconfig_required_version,
-  AC_DEFINE(WITH_FONTCONFIG, 1, [Enable FontConfig support.]),
-  [AC_MSG_FAILURE([aegisub requires >= fontconfig >= fontconfig_required_version])])
-AC_SUBST(FONTCONFIG_CFLAGS)
-AC_SUBST(FONTCONFIG_LIBS)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(FONTCONFIG, fontconfig >= fontconfig_required_version)
 
 AC_AGI_COMPILE([FontConfig], [fontconfig], [$FONTCONFIG_CFLAGS], [$FONTCONFIG_LIBS],[
 #include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
@@ -333,6 +329,11 @@ if test "$agi_cv_with_fontconfig" = "no"; then
     AC_MSG_FAILURE([Please install a working Fontconfig library.])
 fi
 
+AC_DEFINE(WITH_FONTCONFIG, 1, [Enable FontConfig support.]),
+AC_SUBST(FONTCONFIG_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(FONTCONFIG_LIBS)
+
+
 
 ########
 ## iconv