diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 866e12b90..fa553546d 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader('bz2', 'bzlib.h', 'CXX'):
 	print "bz2 library not found. Exiting"
 	Exit(-1)
 if GetOption('withtools') is not None:
-	if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader('gdal1.7.0', 'gdal/gdal.h', 'CXX'):
+	if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader('gdal', 'gdal/gdal.h', 'CXX'):
 		print "gdal library not found. Exiting"
 		Exit(-1)
 if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader('osmpbf', 'osmpbf/osmpbf.h', 'CXX'):