diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 89ee81adb4..557b364d60 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2316,7 +2316,7 @@ fi
 
     AC_PATH_PROG(CBINDGEN, cbindgen, "no")
     if test "x$CBINDGEN" != "xno"; then
-      cbindgen_version=$(cbindgen --version | cut -d' ' -f2-)
+      cbindgen_version=$(cbindgen --version 2>&1 | cut -d' ' -f2-)
       min_cbindgen_version="0.10.0"
       AS_VERSION_COMPARE([$cbindgen_version], [$min_cbindgen_version],
           [cbindgen_ok="no"],