diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 29f16da058129..18dc99dd6c34c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ then
     LLVM_VERSION=$($LLVM_CONFIG --version)
 
     case $LLVM_VERSION in
-        (3.[7-8]*)
+        (3.[7-9]*)
             msg "found ok version of LLVM: $LLVM_VERSION"
             ;;
         (*)