diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2cf308b87..092b41129 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -863,6 +863,10 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_CUNIT_TESTS], [test x$found_cunit = xyes && test x$tests_e
 if test "$found_cunit" = "no" ; then
         AC_MSG_WARN([Could not find cunit framework, tests are not compiled.])
 else
+		AC_CHECK_LIB(cunit,CU_get_suite,[
+										AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CU_GET_SUITE,1,[defined when CU_get_suite is available])
+										],[foo=bar],[$CUNIT_LIBS])
+
         AC_CHECK_LIB(cunit,CU_curses_run_tests,[
                                         AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CU_CURSES,1,[defined when CU_curses_run_tests is available])
                                         ],[foo=bar],[$CUNIT_LIBS])
diff --git a/tester/tester.c b/tester/tester.c
index 268a0f302..475d2c90f 100644
--- a/tester/tester.c
+++ b/tester/tester.c
@@ -387,6 +387,11 @@ int liblinphone_tester_run_tests(const char *suite_name, const char *test_name)
 		run_test_suite(test_suite[i]);
 	}
 
+#if !HAVE_CU_GET_SUITE
+	if( suite_name ){
+		ms_warning("Tester compiled without CU_get_suite() function, running all tests instead of suite '%s'\n", suite_name);
+	}
+#else
 	if (suite_name){
 		CU_pSuite suite;
 		CU_basic_set_mode(CU_BRM_VERBOSE);
@@ -409,7 +414,9 @@ int liblinphone_tester_run_tests(const char *suite_name, const char *test_name)
 		} else {
 			CU_basic_run_suite(suite);
 		}
-	} else
+	}
+	else
+#endif
 	{
 #if HAVE_CU_CURSES
 		if (curses) {