diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 664deb4..f4b839e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ esac
 # tools we are looking for. In the past, GHC supported a number of
 # versions of LLVM simultaneously, but that stopped working around
 # 3.5/3.6 release of LLVM.
-LlvmVersion=6.0
+LlvmVersion=7.0
 AC_SUBST([LlvmVersion])
 sUPPORTED_LLVM_VERSION=$(echo \($LlvmVersion\) | sed 's/\./,/')
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([sUPPORTED_LLVM_VERSION], ${sUPPORTED_LLVM_VERSION}, [The supported LLVM version number])
-- 
2.9.1