diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7589edce..0cf70507 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1038,13 +1038,14 @@ fi
 AC_ARG_WITH([rsvg],
   AS_HELP_STRING([--without-rsvg], [build without rsvg (default: test)]))
 
+# 2.40.3 so we get the UNLIMITED open flag
 if test x"$with_rsvg" != x"no"; then
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(RSVG, [librsvg-2.0 >= 2.40 cairo >= 1.2],
-    [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_RSVG,1,[define if you have librsvg-2.0 >= 2.40.0 and cairo >= 1.2 installed.])
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(RSVG, [librsvg-2.0 >= 2.40.3 cairo >= 1.2],
+    [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_RSVG,1,[define if you have librsvg-2.0 >= 2.40.3 and cairo >= 1.2 installed.])
      with_rsvg=yes
      PACKAGES_USED="$PACKAGES_USED librsvg-2.0 cairo"
     ],
-    [AC_MSG_WARN([librsvg-2.0 >= 2.40.0 or cairo >= 1.2 not found; disabling SVG load via rsvg])
+    [AC_MSG_WARN([librsvg-2.0 >= 2.40.3 or cairo >= 1.2 not found; disabling SVG load via rsvg])
      with_rsvg=no
     ]
   )