diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpfr/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpfr/package.py
index e83c120afa..e58672c4dc 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpfr/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpfr/package.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class Mpfr(AutotoolsPackage, GNUMirrorPackage):
     depends_on("automake", type="build")
     depends_on("libtool", type="build")
     depends_on("m4", type="build")
-    depends_on("autoconf-archive", when="@4.0.2:", type="build")
+    depends_on("autoconf-archive", when="@4.0.0:", type="build")
     depends_on("texinfo", when="@4.1.0:", type="build")
 
     variant(