diff --git a/source4/lib/tls/wscript b/source4/lib/tls/wscript
index b31b692298b..fc6fd8864fe 100644
--- a/source4/lib/tls/wscript
+++ b/source4/lib/tls/wscript
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ def configure(conf):
         return
 
     conf.check_cfg(package='gnutls',
-                   args='"gnutls >= 1.4.0" --cflags --libs',
-                   msg='Checking for gnutls >= 1.4.0', mandatory=False)
+                   args='"gnutls >= 1.4.0 gnutls != 2.2.4 gnutls != 2.8.0 gnutls != 2.8.1" --cflags --libs',
+                   msg='Checking for gnutls >= 1.4.0 and broken versions', mandatory=False)
 
     if 'HAVE_GNUTLS' in conf.env:
         conf.DEFINE('ENABLE_GNUTLS', 1)