diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a0ac34b106..6a5ddc3453 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4247.	[port]		Require both HAVE_JSON and JSON_C_VERSION to be
+			defined to report json library version. [RT #41045]
+
 4246.	[test]		Ensure the statschannel system test runs when BIND
 			is not built with libjson. [RT #40944]
 
diff --git a/bin/named/main.c b/bin/named/main.c
index 408a5ca14d..609a3ea9f4 100644
--- a/bin/named/main.c
+++ b/bin/named/main.c
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 			printf("linked to libxml2 version: %s\n",
 			       xmlParserVersion);
 #endif
-#ifdef HAVE_JSON
+#if defined(HAVE_JSON) && defined(JSON_C_VERSION)
 			printf("compiled with libjson-c version: %s\n",
 			       JSON_C_VERSION);
 			printf("linked to libjson-c version: %s\n",