diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 45804498..778b0b98 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 - support TIFF with premultiplied alpha in any band 
 
 17/9/19 started 8.8.4
+- improve compatibility with older imagemagick versions
 
 31/8/19 started 8.8.3
 - revert sharpen restoring the input colourspace
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 510f9e62..a48c1ee7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -721,6 +721,16 @@ if test x"$magick6" = x"yes"; then
     ]
   )
 
+  AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
+    [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+      [#include <magick/api.h>],
+      [ColorspaceType colorspace = HCLpColorspace]
+    )],
+    [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_HCLPCOLORSPACE,1,
+         [define if your Magick has HCLpColorspace.])
+    ]
+  )
+
   # GetImageMagick() takes two args under GM, three under IM
   AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
     [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
diff --git a/libvips/foreign/magick.c b/libvips/foreign/magick.c
index 9c4ab5d5..806233c9 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/magick.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/magick.c
@@ -577,21 +577,24 @@ static MagickColorspaceTypeNames magick_colorspace_names[] = {
 #ifdef HAVE_CMYCOLORSPACE
 	{ CMYColorspace, "CMYColorspace" },
 	{ HCLColorspace, "HCLColorspace" },
-	{ HCLpColorspace, "HCLpColorspace" },
 	{ HSBColorspace, "HSBColorspace" },
+	{ LabColorspace, "LabColorspace" },
+	{ LogColorspace, "LogColorspace" },
+	{ LuvColorspace, "LuvColorspace" },
+#endif /*HAVE_CMYCOLORSPACE*/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_HCLPCOLORSPACE
+	{ HCLpColorspace, "HCLpColorspace" },
 	{ HSIColorspace, "HSIColorspace" },
 	{ HSVColorspace, "HSVColorspace" },
-	{ LabColorspace, "LabColorspace" },
 	{ LCHColorspace, "LCHColorspace" },
 	{ LCHabColorspace, "LCHabColorspace" },
 	{ LCHuvColorspace, "LCHuvColorspace" },
-	{ LogColorspace, "LogColorspace" },
 	{ LMSColorspace, "LMSColorspace" },
-	{ LuvColorspace, "LuvColorspace" },
 	{ scRGBColorspace, "scRGBColorspace" },
 	{ xyYColorspace, "xyYColorspace" },
 	{ YDbDrColorspace, "YDbDrColorspace" },
-#endif /*HAVE_CMYCOLORSPACE*/
+#endif /*HAVE_HCLPCOLORSPACE*/
 
 	/* im7 has this, I think
 	 *