diff -Nruw vdr-1.6.0/dvbdevice.h vdr-1.6.0-API/dvbdevice.h
--- vdr-1.6.0/dvbdevice.h	2008-02-08 14:48:31.000000000 +0100
+++ vdr-1.6.0-API/dvbdevice.h	2009-04-27 22:33:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include "device.h"
 #include "dvbspu.h"
 
-#if DVB_API_VERSION != 3
+#if (DVB_API_VERSION != 3) && (DVB_API_VERSION != 5)
 #error VDR requires Linux DVB driver API version 3!
 #endif