diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 95c340bbd..ab7e1116c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ ver 0.18.2 (2013/??/??)
 * playlist:
   - pls: fix reversed song order
 * decoder:
+  - audiofile: require libaudiofile 0.3 due to API breakage
   - dsf: enable DSD128
 * fix build failures due to missing includes
 * fix big-endian support
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1d116f54f..9ae6a1223 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_ADPLUG, test x$enable_adplug = xyes)
 
 dnl -------------------------------- audiofile --------------------------------
-MPD_AUTO_PKG(audiofile, AUDIOFILE, [audiofile >= 0.1.7],
+MPD_AUTO_PKG(audiofile, AUDIOFILE, [audiofile >= 0.3],
 	[audiofile decoder plugin], [libaudiofile not found])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_AUDIOFILE, test x$enable_audiofile = xyes)
 if test x$enable_audiofile = xyes; then