diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f4f63a911d..64cce77d8b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ OBJS= $(SRC:.cpp=.o)
 LDFLAGS=-lm -g -Wall -std=c++11 $(shell pkg-config --libs libftdipp1 libudev)
 CXXFLAGS=-g -Wall -std=c++11 $(shell pkg-config --cflags libftdipp1 libudev)
 
+# libftdi < 1.4 as no usb_addr
+ifeq ($(shell pkg-config --atleast-version=1.4 libftdipp1 && echo 1),)
+CXXFLAGS+=-DOLD_FTDI_VERSION=1
+else
+CXXFLAGS+=-DOLD_FTDI_VERSION=0
+endif
+
 all:$(EXEC_NAME)
 
 $(EXEC_NAME):$(OBJS)
diff --git a/ftdipp_mpsse.cpp b/ftdipp_mpsse.cpp
index 96ae20186d..5131a0ef27 100644
--- a/ftdipp_mpsse.cpp
+++ b/ftdipp_mpsse.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,11 @@ void FTDIpp_MPSSE::open_device(unsigned int baudrate)
 	if (_bus == -1 or _addr == -1)
 		ret = ftdi_usb_open_desc(_ftdi, _vid, _pid, NULL, NULL);
 	else
+#if (OLD_FTDI_VERSION == 1)
+		ret = ftdi_usb_open_desc(_ftdi, _vid, _pid, _product, NULL);
+#else
 		ret = ftdi_usb_open_bus_addr(_ftdi, _bus, _addr);
+#endif
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "unable to open ftdi device: %d (%s)\n",
 			ret, ftdi_get_error_string(_ftdi));