diff --git a/Quake/snd_mikmod.c b/Quake/snd_mikmod.c
index 4b44d618..3ae5b864 100644
--- a/Quake/snd_mikmod.c
+++ b/Quake/snd_mikmod.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /*
  * tracker music (module file) decoding support using libmikmod
- *
  * Copyright (C) 2013 O.Sezer <sezero@users.sourceforge.net>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -27,6 +26,15 @@
 #include "snd_mikmod.h"
 #include <mikmod.h>
 
+#if ((LIBMIKMOD_VERSION+0) < 0x030105)
+#error libmikmod version is way too old and unusable.
+#endif
+#if (LIBMIKMOD_VERSION < 0x030107) /* ancient libmikmod */
+#define S_MIKMOD_initlib(c) MikMod_Init()
+#else
+#define S_MIKMOD_initlib(c) MikMod_Init(c)
+#endif
+
 #ifndef DMODE_NOISEREDUCTION
 #define DMODE_NOISEREDUCTION 0x1000 /* Low pass filtering */
 #endif
@@ -97,7 +105,7 @@ static qboolean S_MIKMOD_CodecInitialize (void)
 
 	MikMod_RegisterDriver(&drv_nos);	/* only need the "nosound" driver, none else */
 	MikMod_RegisterAllLoaders();
-	if (MikMod_Init(NULL))
+	if (S_MIKMOD_initlib(NULL))
 	{
 		Con_DPrintf("Could not initialize MikMod: %s\n", MikMod_strerror(MikMod_errno));
 		return false;