diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5a091dbe861..4597eae4d11 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -15600,11 +15600,11 @@ LIBS="-lvkd3d $VKD3D_LIBS $LIBS"
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C"
 #endif
-char vkd3d_create_device ();
+char vkd3d_get_dxgi_format ();
 int
 main ()
 {
-return vkd3d_create_device ();
+return vkd3d_get_dxgi_format ();
   ;
   return 0;
 }
@@ -15644,9 +15644,9 @@ test -z "$VKD3D_LIBS" || VKD3D_LIBS=`echo " $VKD3D_LIBS" | sed 's/ -L\([^/]\)/ -
 fi
 if test "x$ac_cv_lib_soname_vkd3d" = "x"; then :
   case "x$with_vkd3d" in
-  x)   as_fn_append wine_notices "|vkd3d ${notice_platform}development files not found, Direct3D 12 won't be supported." ;;
+  x)   as_fn_append wine_notices "|vkd3d ${notice_platform}development files not found (or too old), Direct3D 12 won't be supported." ;;
   xno) ;;
-  *)   as_fn_error $? "vkd3d ${notice_platform}development files not found, Direct3D 12 won't be supported.
+  *)   as_fn_error $? "vkd3d ${notice_platform}development files not found (or too old), Direct3D 12 won't be supported.
 This is an error since --with-vkd3d was requested." "$LINENO" 5 ;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 87d8bf582bb..744bf61ec98 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1873,10 +1873,10 @@ dnl **** Check for vkd3d ****
 if test "x$with_vkd3d" != "xno"
 then
     WINE_PACKAGE_FLAGS(VKD3D,[libvkd3d],,,,
-        [WINE_CHECK_SONAME(vkd3d,vkd3d_create_device,,,[$VKD3D_LIBS])])
+        [WINE_CHECK_SONAME(vkd3d,vkd3d_get_dxgi_format,,,[$VKD3D_LIBS])])
 fi
 WINE_NOTICE_WITH(vkd3d,[test "x$ac_cv_lib_soname_vkd3d" = "x"],
-                 [vkd3d ${notice_platform}development files not found, Direct3D 12 won't be supported.])
+                 [vkd3d ${notice_platform}development files not found (or too old), Direct3D 12 won't be supported.])
 test "x$ac_cv_lib_soname_vkd3d" != "x" || enable_d3d12=${enable_d3d12:-no}
 
 dnl **** Check for gcc specific options ****