diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index b3c29a8a7..c0e43d8c6 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.01.05 -
 ===================================
+  Make clvmd config check a little more tolerant.
 
 Version 2.01.04 - 9th February 2005
 ===================================
diff --git a/daemons/clvmd/lvm-functions.c b/daemons/clvmd/lvm-functions.c
index 61bb084ff..3052063b8 100644
--- a/daemons/clvmd/lvm-functions.c
+++ b/daemons/clvmd/lvm-functions.c
@@ -449,11 +449,11 @@ static void check_config()
 		return;
 
 	if (locking_type == 2) { /* External library, check name */
-		char *libname;
+		const char *libname;
 
 		libname = find_config_str(cmd->cft->root, "global/locking_library",
 					  "");
-		if (!strcmp(libname, "liblvm2clusterlock.so"))
+		if (strstr(libname, "liblvm2clusterlock.so"))
 			return;
 
 		log_error("Incorrect LVM locking library specified in lvm.conf, cluster operations may not work.");