diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index a43cdc925..0df89a4d4 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(SANE_CHECK_GPHOTO2,
 		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L$with_gphoto2/lib -L$with_gphoto2/lib/gphoto2"
 
 		AC_CHECK_HEADERS(gphoto2-core.h,
-			AC_CHECK_LIB(gphoto2,gp_init,
+			AC_CHECK_LIB(gphoto2,gp_camera_init,
 				LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -lgphoto2"
 				GPHOTO2_TMP_HAVE_GPHOTO2=yes))