diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7d62596..47be594 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ INCS += $(shell pcre-config --cflags)
 CFLAGS += -Wall -std=c99
 OBJS = compton.o
 
+CFG ?= -DCONFIG_LIBCONFIG -DCONFIG_REGEX_PCRE -DCONFIG_REGEX_PCRE_JIT
+# libconfig-1.3* does not define LIBCONFIG_VER* macros, so we use pkg-config
+# to determine its version here
+CFG += $(shell pkg-config --atleast-version=1.4 libconfig || echo '-DCONFIG_LIBCONFIG_LEGACY')
+CFLAGS += $(CFG)
+
 %.o: src/%.c src/%.h
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCS) -c src/$*.c
 
diff --git a/compton.sample.conf b/compton.sample.conf
index d7c11b6..22a5667 100644
--- a/compton.sample.conf
+++ b/compton.sample.conf
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ shadow = true;
 no-dnd-shadow = true;
 no-dock-shadow = true;
 clear-shadow = true;
-shadow-radius = 7
-shadow-offset-x = -7
-shadow-offset-y = -7
-# shadow-opacity = 0.7
-# shadow-red = 0.0
-# shadow-green = 0.0
-# shadow-blue = 0.0
+shadow-radius = 7;
+shadow-offset-x = -7;
+shadow-offset-y = -7;
+# shadow-opacity = 0.7;
+# shadow-red = 0.0;
+# shadow-green = 0.0;
+# shadow-blue = 0.0;
 shadow-exclude = [ "n:e:Notification" ];
 # shadow-exclude = "n:e:Notification";
 
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ inactive-opacity-override = true;
 
 # Fading
 fading = true;
-# fade-delta = 30
-fade-in-step = 0.03
-fade-out-step = 0.03
+# fade-delta = 30;
+fade-in-step = 0.03;
+fade-out-step = 0.03;
 # no-fading-openclose = true;
 
 # Other
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ mark-ovredir-focused = true;
 wintypes:
 {
   tooltip = { fade = true; shadow = false; opacity = 0.75; };
-}
+};
diff --git a/src/compton.c b/src/compton.c
index b9c3e96..d462180 100644
--- a/src/compton.c
+++ b/src/compton.c
@@ -3071,7 +3071,7 @@ open_config_file(char *cpath, char **ppath) {
  */
 static void
 parse_config(char *cpath, struct options_tmp *pcfgtmp) {
-  char *path = NULL, *parent = NULL;
+  char *path = NULL;
   FILE *f;
   config_t cfg;
   int ival = 0;
@@ -3085,9 +3085,11 @@ parse_config(char *cpath, struct options_tmp *pcfgtmp) {
   }
 
   config_init(&cfg);
-  parent = dirname(path);
+#ifndef CONFIG_LIBCONFIG_LEGACY
+  char *parent = dirname(path);
   if (parent)
     config_set_include_dir(&cfg, parent);
+#endif
 
   if (CONFIG_FALSE == config_read(&cfg, f)) {
     printf("Error when reading configuration file \"%s\", line %d: %s\n",
@@ -3104,7 +3106,7 @@ parse_config(char *cpath, struct options_tmp *pcfgtmp) {
   // right now. It will be done later
 
   // -D (fade_delta)
-  if (config_lookup_int(&cfg, "fade-delta", &ival))
+  if (lcfg_lookup_int(&cfg, "fade-delta", &ival))
     opts.fade_delta = ival;
   // -I (fade_in_step)
   if (config_lookup_float(&cfg, "fade-in-step", &dval))
@@ -3113,13 +3115,13 @@ parse_config(char *cpath, struct options_tmp *pcfgtmp) {
   if (config_lookup_float(&cfg, "fade-out-step", &dval))
     opts.fade_out_step = normalize_d(dval) * OPAQUE;
   // -r (shadow_radius)
-  config_lookup_int(&cfg, "shadow-radius", &opts.shadow_radius);
+  lcfg_lookup_int(&cfg, "shadow-radius", &opts.shadow_radius);
   // -o (shadow_opacity)
   config_lookup_float(&cfg, "shadow-opacity", &opts.shadow_opacity);
   // -l (shadow_offset_x)
-  config_lookup_int(&cfg, "shadow-offset-x", &opts.shadow_offset_x);
+  lcfg_lookup_int(&cfg, "shadow-offset-x", &opts.shadow_offset_x);
   // -t (shadow_offset_y)
-  config_lookup_int(&cfg, "shadow-offset-y", &opts.shadow_offset_y);
+  lcfg_lookup_int(&cfg, "shadow-offset-y", &opts.shadow_offset_y);
   // -i (inactive_opacity)
   if (config_lookup_float(&cfg, "inactive-opacity", &dval))
     opts.inactive_opacity = normalize_d(dval) * OPAQUE;
diff --git a/src/compton.h b/src/compton.h
index 0c6457c..51118e8 100644
--- a/src/compton.h
+++ b/src/compton.h
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
 
 // Whether to enable PCRE regular expression support in blacklists, enabled
 // by default
-#define CONFIG_REGEX_PCRE 1
+// #define CONFIG_REGEX_PCRE 1
 // Whether to enable JIT support of libpcre. This may cause problems on PaX
 // kernels.
-#define CONFIG_REGEX_PCRE_JIT 1
+// #define CONFIG_REGEX_PCRE_JIT 1
 // Whether to enable parsing of configuration files using libconfig
-#define CONFIG_LIBCONFIG 1
+// #define CONFIG_LIBCONFIG 1
 
 // === Includes ===
 
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_REGEX_PCRE
 #include <pcre.h>
+
+// For compatiblity with <libpcre-8.20
+#ifndef PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE
+#define PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE 0
+#endif
+
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIBCONFIG
@@ -923,7 +929,7 @@ static void
 fork_after(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIBCONFIG
-static void
+static inline void
 lcfg_lookup_bool(const config_t *config, const char *path, Bool *value) {
   int ival;
 
@@ -931,6 +937,21 @@ lcfg_lookup_bool(const config_t *config, const char *path, Bool *value) {
     *value = ival;
 }
 
+static inline int
+lcfg_lookup_int(const config_t *config, const char *path, int *value) {
+#ifndef CONFIG_LIBCONFIG_LEGACY
+  return config_lookup_int(config, path, value);
+#else
+  long lval;
+  int ret;
+
+  if ((ret = config_lookup_int(config, path, &lval)))
+    *value = lval;
+
+  return ret;
+#endif
+}
+
 static FILE *
 open_config_file(char *cpath, char **path);