diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 85a3dd4b93484..54e734802865d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1052,6 +1052,9 @@ then
     LLVM_VERSION=$($LLVM_CONFIG --version)
 
     case $LLVM_VERSION in
+        (4.[0-9]*)
+            msg "found ok version of LLVM: $LLVM_VERSION"
+            ;;
         (3.[7-9]*)
             msg "found ok version of LLVM: $LLVM_VERSION"
             ;;