--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -11780,7 +11780,7 @@ regular_CFLAGS="-Wall -Waggregate-return
 if test -n "$kbuilddir"; then
 	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking kernel version that we will build against" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking kernel version that we will build against... " >&6; }
-	krel="$(make -sC "$kbuilddir" M=$PWD kernelrelease)";
+	krel="$(make -sC "$kbuilddir" M=$PWD kernelversion)";
 	kmajor="${krel%%[^0-9]*}";
 	kmajor="$(($kmajor+0))";
 	krel="${krel:${#kmajor}}";
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ regular_CFLAGS="-Wall -Waggregate-return
 
 if test -n "$kbuilddir"; then
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([kernel version that we will build against])
-	krel="$(make -sC "$kbuilddir" M=$PWD kernelrelease)";
+	krel="$(make -sC "$kbuilddir" M=$PWD kernelversion)";
 	kmajor="${krel%%[[^0-9]]*}";
 	kmajor="$(($kmajor+0))";
 	krel="${krel:${#kmajor}}";
