--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@
 	     check_version 5.0 $llvm_version ||
 	     check_version 6.0 $llvm_version ||
 	     check_version 7.0 $llvm_version ||
+	     check_version 8.0 $llvm_version ||
+	     check_version 9.0 $llvm_version ||
 	     false; then
 		echo "Debugging is not enabled with llvm $llvm_version"
 		llvm_be=llvm4-nodebug
