diff --git a/bridges/bridge_softmix/bridge_softmix_binaural.c b/bridges/bridge_softmix/bridge_softmix_binaural.c
index 2a8efd76623e6a4a73b01d443a1bd5e5352ea26c..3a036cd90b370254f22903abb8c9412f32824b77 100644
--- a/bridges/bridge_softmix/bridge_softmix_binaural.c
+++ b/bridges/bridge_softmix/bridge_softmix_binaural.c
@@ -193,12 +193,12 @@ int init_convolve_channel(struct convolve_channel *channel, unsigned int hrtf_le
 	float *hrir;
 
 	/* Prepare FFTW. */
-	channel->fftw_in = fftw_alloc_real(hrtf_len + 1);
+	channel->fftw_in = (double *) fftw_malloc(sizeof(double) * (hrtf_len + 1));
 	if (channel->fftw_in == NULL) {
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	channel->fftw_out = fftw_alloc_real(hrtf_len + 1);
+	channel->fftw_out = (double *) fftw_malloc(sizeof(double) * (hrtf_len + 1));
 	if (channel->fftw_out == NULL) {
 		fftw_free(channel->fftw_in);
 		return -1;
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ int init_convolve_channel(struct convolve_channel *channel, unsigned int hrtf_le
 	}
 
 	fftw_execute(channel->fftw_plan);
-	channel->hrtf = fftw_alloc_real(hrtf_len);
+	channel->hrtf = (double *) fftw_malloc(sizeof(double) * hrtf_len);
 	if (channel->hrtf == NULL) {
 		fftw_free(channel->fftw_in);
 		fftw_free(channel->fftw_out);
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 92c1853ba7ffcc4cfb6a1ed7629f05e61befb672..d13e5ef49116b5cbe8e7a12381c719bc88b3fb32 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -28201,9 +28201,9 @@ if test "x${PBX_FFTW3}" != "x1" -a "${USE_FFTW3}" != "no"; then
 
       ast_ext_lib_check_save_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
       CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} "
-      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for fftw_alloc_real in -lfftw3" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for fftw_alloc_real in -lfftw3... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_lib_fftw3_fftw_alloc_real+:} false; then :
+      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for fftw_malloc in -lfftw3" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for fftw_malloc in -lfftw3... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_lib_fftw3_fftw_malloc+:} false; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
   ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
@@ -28217,27 +28217,27 @@ cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C"
 #endif
-char fftw_alloc_real ();
+char fftw_malloc ();
 int
 main ()
 {
-return fftw_alloc_real ();
+return fftw_malloc ();
   ;
   return 0;
 }
 _ACEOF
 if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
-  ac_cv_lib_fftw3_fftw_alloc_real=yes
+  ac_cv_lib_fftw3_fftw_malloc=yes
 else
-  ac_cv_lib_fftw3_fftw_alloc_real=no
+  ac_cv_lib_fftw3_fftw_malloc=no
 fi
 rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
     conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
 LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
 fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_lib_fftw3_fftw_alloc_real" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_fftw3_fftw_alloc_real" >&6; }
-if test "x$ac_cv_lib_fftw3_fftw_alloc_real" = xyes; then :
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_lib_fftw3_fftw_malloc" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_fftw3_fftw_malloc" >&6; }
+if test "x$ac_cv_lib_fftw3_fftw_malloc" = xyes; then :
   AST_FFTW3_FOUND=yes
 else
   AST_FFTW3_FOUND=no
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index be8de3311b9d990065c37dbb9d08b8ab21d127e2..9b517b17040811a4a2d96204ce86ccc12032b44f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2389,7 +2389,7 @@ AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([PRI_REVERSE_CHARGE], [pri], [pri_sr_set_reversecharge], [libp
 # ------------------------------------^
 
 AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([RESAMPLE], [resample], [resample_open], [libresample.h], [-lm])
-AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([FFTW3], [fftw3], [fftw_alloc_real], [fftw3.h])
+AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([FFTW3], [fftw3], [fftw_malloc], [fftw3.h])
 AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([SNDFILE], [sndfile], [sf_open], [sndfile.h])
 
 AST_C_COMPILE_CHECK([SPANDSP], [