diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index beb4963..4217741 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ if test "$HAVE_SEQ_CLIENT_INFO_GET_PID" = "yes" ; then
     AC_DEFINE([HAVE_SEQ_CLIENT_INFO_GET_PID], 1, [alsa-lib supports snd_seq_client_info_get_pid])
 fi
 AC_CHECK_LIB([asound], [snd_seq_client_info_get_midi_version], [HAVE_SEQ_CLIENT_INFO_GET_MIDI_VERSION="yes"])
-if test "$HAVE_SEQ_CLIENT_INFO_GET_MIDI_VERSION" = "yes" ; then
+if test "$HAVE_SEQ_CLIENT_INFO_GET_MIDI_VERSION" = "yes" -a "$have_rawmidi" = "yes"; then
     AC_DEFINE([HAVE_SEQ_CLIENT_INFO_GET_MIDI_VERSION], 1, [alsa-lib supports snd_seq_client_info_get_midi_version])
 fi
 AC_CHECK_LIB([atopology], [snd_tplg_save], [have_topology="yes"], [have_topology="no"])