diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index be1ec1f0ee..d232562583 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
                                                          -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 Changes with Apache 2.5.1
 
+  *) mod_md: lowered the required minimal libcurl version from 7.50 to 7.29
+     as proposed by <alexander.gerasimov@codeit.pro>.
+
   *) mod_http2: Log requests and sent the configured error response in case of
      early detected errors like too many or too long headers.
      [Ruediger Pluem, Stefan Eissing]
diff --git a/modules/md/config2.m4 b/modules/md/config2.m4
index e47937c1e3..9517f997c1 100644
--- a/modules/md/config2.m4
+++ b/modules/md/config2.m4
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([APACHE_CHECK_CURL],[
 
     AC_CHECK_HEADERS([curl/curl.h])
 
-    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for curl version >= 7.50])
+    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for curl version >= 7.29])
     AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <curl/curlver.h>],[
 #if !defined(LIBCURL_VERSION_MAJOR)
 #error "Missing libcurl version"
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([APACHE_CHECK_CURL],[
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_MAJOR < 7
 #error "Unsupported libcurl version " LIBCURL_VERSION
 #endif
-#if LIBCURL_VERSION_MAJOR == 7 && LIBCURL_VERSION_MINOR < 50
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_MAJOR == 7 && LIBCURL_VERSION_MINOR < 29
 #error "Unsupported libcurl version " LIBCURL_VERSION
 #endif],
       [AC_MSG_RESULT(OK)