--- guix-1.5.0/m4/guix.m4
+++ guix-1.5.0/m4/guix.m4
@@ -207,8 +207,9 @@
     [guix_cv_have_recent_guile_gcrypt],
     [GUILE_CHECK([retval],
       [(use-modules (gcrypt hash))
-       (equal? (hash-algorithm sha256)
-               (lookup-hash-algorithm 'sha256))])
+       (let ((algorithm (lookup-hash-algorithm 'sha256)))
+         (and algorithm
+              (= 32 (hash-size algorithm))))])
      if test "$retval" = 0; then
        guix_cv_have_recent_guile_gcrypt="yes"
      else