diff --git a/libs/midi++2/wscript b/libs/midi++2/wscript
index 3be03ca2d4..60ac03d77a 100644
--- a/libs/midi++2/wscript
+++ b/libs/midi++2/wscript
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def configure(conf):
 			'midipp', MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)
 	autowaf.configure(conf)
 	conf.check_tool('compiler_cxx')
-	autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'jack', uselib_store='JACK', atleast_version='0.109.0')
+	autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'jack', uselib_store='JACK', atleast_version='0.118.2')
 	autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'libxml-2.0', uselib_store='XML')
 	autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'sigc++-2.0', uselib_store='SIGCPP', atleast_version='2.0')