diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bab2a0b..eb5784e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -476,13 +476,13 @@ IT_PROG_INTLTOOL([0.35.0])
 # Guile
 # *****
 
-guile_versions_all="2.2 2.0"
+guile_versions_all="3.0 2.2 2.0"
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([which guile version to use])
 AC_ARG_WITH([guile],
-  [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-guile=2.2|2.0|auto],[Which guile version to use (default: auto)])],
+  [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-guile=2.0|2.2|2.0|auto],[Which guile version to use (default: auto)])],
   [case "$with_guile" in
      1.8) AC_MSG_ERROR([unsupported guile version $with_guile requested]) ;;
-     2.0|2.2) guile_versions="$withval" ;;
+     2.0|2.2|3.0) guile_versions="$withval" ;;
      auto) guile_versions="$guile_versions_all" ;;
      *) AC_MSG_ERROR([unsupported guile version $with_guile requested]) ;;
     esac],