diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2cab70d09..27091de0f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ GTK_MIN_VERSION=2.91.7
 GIO_MIN_VERSION=2.25.9
 LIBECAL_REQUIRED=1.6.0
 LIBEDATASERVER_REQUIRED=1.2.0
-LIBEDATASERVERUI_REQUIRED=1.2.0
+LIBEDATASERVERUI2_REQUIRED=2.91.6
+LIBEDATASERVERUI3_REQUIRED=1.2.0
 
 
 # Collect more than 20 libraries for a prize!
@@ -117,7 +118,13 @@ PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([gnome-bluetooth-1.0 >= 2.90.0],
 	 AC_SUBST([HAVE_BLUETOOTH],[0])
 	 AC_MSG_RESULT([no])])
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBECAL, libecal-1.2 >= $LIBECAL_REQUIRED libedataserver-1.2 >= $LIBEDATASERVER_REQUIRED libedataserverui-1.2 >= $LIBEDATASERVERUI_REQUIRED)
+# Default to libedataserverui-3.0, but allow falling back to 1.2
+PKG_CHECK_EXISTS(libedataserverui-3.0,
+                 [EDS_API=3.0
+                  LIBEDATASERVERUI_REQUIRED=$LIBEDATASERVERUI3_REQUIRED],
+                 [EDS_API=1.2
+                  LIBEDATASERVERUI_REQUIRED=$LIBEDATASERVERUI2_REQUIRED])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBECAL, libecal-1.2 >= $LIBECAL_REQUIRED libedataserver-1.2 >= $LIBEDATASERVER_REQUIRED libedataserverui-$EDS_API >= $LIBEDATASERVERUI_REQUIRED)
 AC_SUBST(LIBECAL_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(LIBECAL_LIBS)