diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fcafb4878f08f5ff429bf1d920e831ffc8f49ae7..05dc22301b6f554d695356621ec758d633349bcf 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ infodir
 docdir
 oldincludedir
 includedir
+runstatedir
 localstatedir
 sharedstatedir
 sysconfdir
@@ -728,6 +729,7 @@ datadir='${datarootdir}'
 sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
 sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
 localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
+runstatedir='${localstatedir}/run'
 includedir='${prefix}/include'
 oldincludedir='/usr/include'
 docdir='${datarootdir}/doc/${PACKAGE_TARNAME}'
@@ -980,6 +982,15 @@ do
   | -silent | --silent | --silen | --sile | --sil)
     silent=yes ;;
 
+  -runstatedir | --runstatedir | --runstatedi | --runstated \
+  | --runstate | --runstat | --runsta | --runst | --runs \
+  | --run | --ru | --r)
+    ac_prev=runstatedir ;;
+  -runstatedir=* | --runstatedir=* | --runstatedi=* | --runstated=* \
+  | --runstate=* | --runstat=* | --runsta=* | --runst=* | --runs=* \
+  | --run=* | --ru=* | --r=*)
+    runstatedir=$ac_optarg ;;
+
   -sbindir | --sbindir | --sbindi | --sbind | --sbin | --sbi | --sb)
     ac_prev=sbindir ;;
   -sbindir=* | --sbindir=* | --sbindi=* | --sbind=* | --sbin=* \
@@ -1117,7 +1128,7 @@ fi
 for ac_var in	exec_prefix prefix bindir sbindir libexecdir datarootdir \
 		datadir sysconfdir sharedstatedir localstatedir includedir \
 		oldincludedir docdir infodir htmldir dvidir pdfdir psdir \
-		libdir localedir mandir
+		libdir localedir mandir runstatedir
 do
   eval ac_val=\$$ac_var
   # Remove trailing slashes.
@@ -1270,6 +1281,7 @@ Fine tuning of the installation directories:
   --sysconfdir=DIR        read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]
   --sharedstatedir=DIR    modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com]
   --localstatedir=DIR     modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
+  --runstatedir=DIR       modifiable per-process data [LOCALSTATEDIR/run]
   --libdir=DIR            object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
   --includedir=DIR        C header files [PREFIX/include]
   --oldincludedir=DIR     C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include]
@@ -3650,7 +3662,18 @@ if test "x$ac_cv_header_sbml_packages_fbc_common_FbcExtensionTypes_h" = xyes; th
 
 else
   as_fn_error $? "Could not find specific FBC header of libSBML:
-      make sure your libSBML version is >= 5.13 and including the FBC package." "$LINENO" 5
+      make sure your libSBML version is >= 5.16 and including the FBC package." "$LINENO" 5
+fi
+
+
+
+ac_fn_c_check_header_compile "$LINENO" "sbml/packages/groups/common/GroupsExtensionTypes.h" "ac_cv_header_sbml_packages_groups_common_GroupsExtensionTypes_h" "#include <sbml/SBMLTypes.h>
+"
+if test "x$ac_cv_header_sbml_packages_groups_common_GroupsExtensionTypes_h" = xyes; then :
+
+else
+  as_fn_error $? "Could not find specific groups package header of libSBML:
+      make sure your libSBML version is >= 5.16 and including the groups package." "$LINENO" 5
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 060f6932c14f14f33e2e6a280c9e5f51d487e3f2..a74f142dd7d210135b5d958346898207ec7b563a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -242,7 +242,12 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB([sbml], [readSBML], ,
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADER([sbml/packages/fbc/common/FbcExtensionTypes.h], ,
  AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find specific FBC header of libSBML:
-      make sure your libSBML version is >= 5.13 and including the FBC package.]),
+      make sure your libSBML version is >= 5.16 and including the FBC package.]),
+      [#include <sbml/SBMLTypes.h>])
+
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([sbml/packages/groups/common/GroupsExtensionTypes.h], ,
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find specific groups package header of libSBML:
+      make sure your libSBML version is >= 5.16 and including the groups package.]),
       [#include <sbml/SBMLTypes.h>])
 
 #AC_CHECK_LIB([sbml], [SBMLExtensionRegistry_getRegisteredPackages], ,