diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dd4c0a6c..2627116f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ find_package (Threads REQUIRED)
 set (xournalpp_LDFLAGS ${xournalpp_LDFLAGS} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
 # portaudio
-pkg_check_modules(PORTAUDIOCPP REQUIRED "portaudio-2.0 >= 19")
+pkg_check_modules(PORTAUDIOCPP REQUIRED "portaudiocpp >= 12")
 add_includes_ldflags ("${PORTAUDIOCPP_LDFLAGS}" "${PORTAUDIOCPP_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 
 # SOX