diff --git a/libs/ardour/wscript b/libs/ardour/wscript
index 2a3c998ca1..dbc0335ecd 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/wscript
+++ b/libs/ardour/wscript
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ def configure(conf):
         'libardour3', conf.env['MAJOR'], conf.env['MINOR'], 0)
     autowaf.configure(conf)
     autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'aubio', uselib_store='AUBIO',
-                      atleast_version='0.3.2')
+                      exact_version='0.3.2')
     autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'libxml-2.0', uselib_store='XML')
     autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'lrdf', uselib_store='LRDF',
                       atleast_version='0.4.0')
diff --git a/libs/vamp-plugins/wscript b/libs/vamp-plugins/wscript
index 46198cc18e..9568e96367 100644
--- a/libs/vamp-plugins/wscript
+++ b/libs/vamp-plugins/wscript
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ def configure(conf):
     conf.load('compiler_cxx')
     autowaf.configure(conf)
     autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'fftw3f', uselib_store='FFTW3F', mandatory=True)
-    autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'aubio', uselib_store='AUBIO', mandatory=False)
+    autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'aubio', uselib_store='AUBIO', mandatory=False,
+                      exact_version='0.3.2')
     conf.write_config_header('libvampplugins-config.h', remove=False)
 
 def build(bld):