diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 3c993ced48..6e0f065e4e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -730,11 +730,14 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER(pcap.h,,[AC_ERROR(pcap.h not found ...)])
         echo
         exit 1
         fi
+
+        AC_CHECK_LIB([htp], [htp_config_register_request_uri_normalize],AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([HAVE_HTP_URI_NORMALIZE_HOOK],[1],[Found htp_config_register_request_uri_normalize function in libhtp]) ,,[-lhtp])
     ])
 
    #even if we are using an installed htp lib we still need to gen Makefiles inside of htp
    AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([libhtp])
    AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_LIBHTP], [test "x$enable_non_bundled_htp" = "xno"])
+   AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_HTP_URI_NORMALIZE_HOOK], [test "x$enable_non_bundled_htp" = "xno"])
 
 # enable CUDA output
     AC_ARG_ENABLE(cuda,
diff --git a/src/app-layer-htp.c b/src/app-layer-htp.c
index 195f9862ff..ee8e8f018b 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-htp.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-htp.c
@@ -666,6 +666,17 @@ void HtpBodyFree(HtpBody *body)
     body->operation = HTP_BODY_NONE;
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_HTP_URI_NORMALIZE_HOOK
+/**
+ *  \brief Normalize the query part of the URI as if it's part of the URI.
+ *
+ *  \param c HTP connection pointer
+ *
+ *  \retval HOOK_OK we won't fail
+ *
+ *  This functionality requires the uri normalize hook introduced in libhtp
+ *  version 0.2.5.
+ */
 static int HTPCallbackRequestUriNormalize(htp_connp_t *c)
 {
     SCEnter();
@@ -682,6 +693,7 @@ static int HTPCallbackRequestUriNormalize(htp_connp_t *c)
 
     SCReturnInt(HOOK_OK);
 }
+#endif
 
 /**
  * \brief Function callback to append chunks for Requests
@@ -887,7 +899,10 @@ static void HTPConfigure(void)
     cfglist.request_body_limit = HTP_CONFIG_DEFAULT_REQUEST_BODY_LIMIT;
     htp_config_register_request(cfglist.cfg, HTPCallbackRequest);
     htp_config_register_response(cfglist.cfg, HTPCallbackResponse);
-    htp_config_register_request_uri_normalize(cfglist.cfg, HTPCallbackRequestUriNormalize);
+#ifdef HAVE_HTP_URI_NORMALIZE_HOOK
+    htp_config_register_request_uri_normalize(cfglist.cfg,
+            HTPCallbackRequestUriNormalize);
+#endif
     htp_config_set_generate_request_uri_normalized(cfglist.cfg, 1);
 
     default_config = ConfGetNode("libhtp.default-config");