diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2943f5dfb9..5723a29070 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6720,7 +6720,7 @@ if test "$l2tpv3" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_L2TPV3=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 if test "$cap_ng" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_LIBCAP=y" >> $config_host_mak
+  echo "CONFIG_LIBCAP_NG=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 echo "CONFIG_AUDIO_DRIVERS=$audio_drv_list" >> $config_host_mak
 for drv in $audio_drv_list; do
diff --git a/qemu-bridge-helper.c b/qemu-bridge-helper.c
index 3d50ec094c..88b26747fc 100644
--- a/qemu-bridge-helper.c
+++ b/qemu-bridge-helper.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 #include "net/tap-linux.h"
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LIBCAP
+#ifdef CONFIG_LIBCAP_NG
 #include <cap-ng.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static int send_fd(int c, int fd)
     return sendmsg(c, &msg, 0);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LIBCAP
+#ifdef CONFIG_LIBCAP_NG
 static int drop_privileges(void)
 {
     /* clear all capabilities */
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     int access_allowed, access_denied;
     int ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LIBCAP
+#ifdef CONFIG_LIBCAP_NG
     /* if we're run from an suid binary, immediately drop privileges preserving
      * cap_net_admin */
     if (geteuid() == 0 && getuid() != geteuid()) {
diff --git a/scsi/qemu-pr-helper.c b/scsi/qemu-pr-helper.c
index debb18f4aa..0659ceef09 100644
--- a/scsi/qemu-pr-helper.c
+++ b/scsi/qemu-pr-helper.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/dm-ioctl.h>
 #include <scsi/sg.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LIBCAP
+#ifdef CONFIG_LIBCAP_NG
 #include <cap-ng.h>
 #endif
 #include <pwd.h>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static int num_active_sockets = 1;
 static int noisy;
 static int verbose;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LIBCAP
+#ifdef CONFIG_LIBCAP_NG
 static int uid = -1;
 static int gid = -1;
 #endif
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static void usage(const char *name)
 "                            (default '%s')\n"
 "  -T, --trace [[enable=]<pattern>][,events=<file>][,file=<file>]\n"
 "                            specify tracing options\n"
-#ifdef CONFIG_LIBCAP
+#ifdef CONFIG_LIBCAP_NG
 "  -u, --user=USER           user to drop privileges to\n"
 "  -g, --group=GROUP         group to drop privileges to\n"
 #endif
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ static void close_server_socket(void)
     num_active_sockets--;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LIBCAP
+#ifdef CONFIG_LIBCAP_NG
 static int drop_privileges(void)
 {
     /* clear all capabilities */
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             pidfile = g_strdup(optarg);
             pidfile_specified = true;
             break;
-#ifdef CONFIG_LIBCAP
+#ifdef CONFIG_LIBCAP_NG
         case 'u': {
             unsigned long res;
             struct passwd *userinfo = getpwnam(optarg);
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LIBCAP
+#ifdef CONFIG_LIBCAP_NG
     if (drop_privileges() < 0) {
         error_report("Failed to drop privileges: %s", strerror(errno));
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);