diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 5343351e..6e4b1276 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -6157,7 +6157,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   Reinhard Nissl).
 - Implemented full handling of subtitling descriptors (thanks to Mikko Tuumanen).
 
-2009-10-18: Version 1.7.10
+2009-10-25: Version 1.7.10
 
 - Updated the Italian OSD texts (thanks to Diego Pierotto).
 - Fixed wrong bracketing in cChannel::SubtitlingType() etc.
@@ -6167,3 +6167,6 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Changed the project's URLs and email to tvdr.de.
 - Added Lithuanian language translations (thanks to Valdemaras Pipiras).
 - Updated Chinese language texts (thanks to Nan Feng).
+- Only checking DVB_API_VERSION to be >=5 in order to stay compileable in case
+  the DVB API version number is increased (the API claims to always be backward
+  compatible).
diff --git a/dvbdevice.h b/dvbdevice.h
index e3e28d02..3e35d91a 100644
--- a/dvbdevice.h
+++ b/dvbdevice.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: dvbdevice.h 2.8 2009/06/06 11:16:47 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbdevice.h 2.9 2009/10/25 13:58:20 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __DVBDEVICE_H
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 #include "device.h"
 #include "dvbspu.h"
 
-#if DVB_API_VERSION != 5 || DVB_API_VERSION_MINOR != 0
-#error VDR requires Linux DVB driver API version 5.0!
+#if DVB_API_VERSION < 5
+#error VDR requires Linux DVB driver API version 5.0 or higher!
 #endif
 
 #define MAXDVBDEVICES  8