diff --git a/contrib/src/main.mak b/contrib/src/main.mak
index ee72346173e4ab0f17c08f025900c0348a952b37..80d82691d87a9438e59677f2af17570fcbe20017 100644
--- a/contrib/src/main.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/main.mak
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ endif
 ifdef HAVE_CROSS_COMPILE
 need_pkg = 1
 else
-need_pkg = $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) $(1) || echo 1)
+need_pkg = $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) $(1) $(if $(2), --atleast-version=$(2),) || echo 1)
 endif
 
 #