diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a888e8b..e89bb77 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #                                               -*- Autoconf -*-
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
-AC_PREREQ([2.67])
+AC_PREREQ([2.62])
 AC_INIT(tinyxml, 2.6.1, www.sourceforge.net/projects/tinyxml)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([tinystr.cpp])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
diff --git a/tinyxml.changes b/tinyxml.changes
index ad151e8..2ffc6b8 100644
--- a/tinyxml.changes
+++ b/tinyxml.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov  8 14:12:24 CET 2010 - pth@suse.de
+
+- Only require autoconf 2.62.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov  5 18:51:02 CET 2010 - pth@suse.de