diff --git a/sm/ChangeLog b/sm/ChangeLog
index dbb5608a0..7574e3350 100644
--- a/sm/ChangeLog
+++ b/sm/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2002-04-15  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
 
+	* gpgsm.c (main): Check ksba version.
+
 	* certpath.c (find_up): New to use the authorithKeyIdentifier.
 	Use it in all other functions to locate the signing cert..
 
diff --git a/sm/gpgsm.c b/sm/gpgsm.c
index d86e5e2b8..3a1b7a7c2 100644
--- a/sm/gpgsm.c
+++ b/sm/gpgsm.c
@@ -588,10 +588,15 @@ main ( int argc, char **argv)
   log_set_prefix ("gpgsm", 1);
   /* check that the libraries are suitable.  Do it here because the
      option parse may need services of the library */
-  if (!gcry_check_version ( "1.1.4" ) )
+  if (!gcry_check_version (NEED_LIBGCRYPT_VERSION) )
     {
       log_fatal( _("libgcrypt is too old (need %s, have %s)\n"),
-                 VERSION, gcry_check_version (NULL) );
+                 NEED_LIBGCRYPT_VERSION, gcry_check_version (NULL) );
+    }
+  if (!ksba_check_version (NEED_LIBKSBA_VERSION) )
+    {
+      log_fatal( _("libksba is too old (need %s, have %s)\n"),
+                 NEED_LIBKSBA_VERSION, ksba_check_version (NULL) );
     }
 
   gcry_control (GCRYCTL_USE_SECURE_RNDPOOL);