diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8618152..c2cd5d5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ find_package(Boost 1.54 COMPONENTS REQUIRED filesystem serialization)
 find_package(ASPELL REQUIRED)
 include(FindPkgConfig)
 pkg_check_modules(GTKMM gtkmm-3.0 REQUIRED)
-pkg_check_modules(GTKSVMM gtksourceviewmm-3.0 REQUIRED)
+pkg_check_modules(GTKSVMM gtksourceviewmm-3.0)
+if(NOT GTKSVMM_FOUND)
+  pkg_check_modules(GTKSVMM gtksourceviewmm-4.0 REQUIRED)
+endif()
 pkg_check_modules(LIBGIT2 libgit2 REQUIRED)
 
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)