diff -ura --color zookeeper-release-3.4.7/src/c/configure.ac new/src/c/configure.ac
--- zookeeper-release-3.4.7/src/c/configure.ac	2015-11-21 20:07:24.000000000 +0100
+++ new/src/c/configure.ac	2017-12-18 13:38:33.429573797 +0100
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
    CPPUNIT_INCLUDE=
    CPPUNIT_LIBS=
 else
-   AM_PATH_CPPUNIT(1.10.2)
+   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CPPUNIT, cppunit >= 1.10.2)
 fi
 
 if test "$CALLER" = "ANT" ; then