diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index e8d943ad5e..2b9f2892fe 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ autogen_options $@
 
 printf "+ check for build tools"
 if test ! -z "$NOCHECK"; then echo " skipped"; else  echo; fi
-version_check "autoconf" "$AUTOCONF autoconf autoconf259 autoconf257 autoconf-2.54 autoconf-2.53 autoconf-2.52" \
-              "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf/" 2 52 || DIE=1
+version_check "autoconf" "$AUTOCONF autoconf autoconf270 autoconf269 autoconf268 autoconf267 autoconf266 autoconf265 autoconf264 autoconf263 autoconf262 autoconf261 autoconf260" \
+              "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf/" 2 60 || DIE=1
 version_check "automake" "$AUTOMAKE automake automake-1.11 automake-1.10 automake-1.9 automake19 automake-1.7 automake-1.6 automake-1.5" \
               "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake/" 1 7 || DIE=1
 version_check "autopoint" "autopoint" \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9e82d91a4f..6f9a47a05f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_PREREQ(2.52)
+AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
 dnl please read gstreamer/docs/random/autotools before changing this file