diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7b92035..7b25317 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ if test "$pcd" = "yes"; then
     dnl The PCL team puts the PCL version number into the module name. Ouch.
     PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libpcl_io], [pcl_io >= 1.6], [],
         [PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libpcl_io], [pcl_io-1.7 >= 1.7], [],
-            [PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libpcl_io], [pcl_io-1.6 >= 1.6], [],
+            [PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libpcl_io], [pcl_io-1.8 >= 1.8], [],
                 [pcd="no "
                 AC_MSG_WARN([PCL io library not found:])
                 AC_MSG_WARN([$libpcl_io_PKG_ERRORS])