diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 45e137d4a9f4..6419128b7783 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ then
     LLVM_VERSION=$($LLVM_CONFIG --version)
 
     case $LLVM_VERSION in
-        (3.[5-7]*)
+        (3.[5-8]*)
             msg "found ok version of LLVM: $LLVM_VERSION"
             ;;
         (*)