diff --git a/apache/configure.in b/apache/configure.in
index beb9274..f1e0a46 100644
--- a/apache/configure.in
+++ b/apache/configure.in
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ APACHE_DIR
 # The AC_SUBST macro causes the variable to be saved in config.status
 AC_SUBST(apache_dir)
 
+AC_CHECK_MEMBER(conn_rec.client_ip, AC_DEFINE(USE_CONN_REC_CLIENT_IP,1,[Do we have conn_rec.client_ip]),,[#include "httpd.h"])
+
 # Write config.status and the Makefile
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile)
 
diff --git a/apache/mod_blockinator.c b/apache/mod_blockinator.c
index 01d98f2..9ebdd06 100644
--- a/apache/mod_blockinator.c
+++ b/apache/mod_blockinator.c
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ static int mod_blockinator_method_handler(request_rec *r)
     int sqlite3_rc;
 
     /* Capture the relevant information from the inbound request */
-    remote_ip = r->connection->client_ip;
+#ifdef USE_CONN_REC_CLIENT_IP
+    remote_ip = r->connection->client_ip,
+#else
+    remote_ip = r->connection->remote_ip,
+#endif
     forwarded_ip = apr_table_get(r->headers_in, "X-Forwarded-For");
     useragent = apr_table_get(r->headers_in, "User-Agent");