diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d70db62..f94043f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -612,8 +612,8 @@ CONFD_PKG=
 # if a new confd dependency is needed, add it here like:
 # AC_GHC_PKG_CHECK([somepkg], [], [HS_NODEV=1; CONFD_PKG="$CONFD_PKG somepkg"])
 HS_REGEX_PCRE=-DNO_REGEX_PCRE
-AC_GHC_PKG_CHECK([regex-pcre], [HS_REGEX_PCRE=],
-                 [HS_NODEV=1; CONFD_PKG="$CONFD_PKG regex-pcre"])
+AC_GHC_PKG_CHECK([regex-pcre-builtin], [HS_REGEX_PCRE=],
+                 [HS_NODEV=1; CONFD_PKG="$CONFD_PKG regex-pcre-builtin"])
 
 has_confd=False
 if test "$enable_confd" != no; then