diff --git a/tests/hghave.py b/tests/hghave.py
--- a/tests/hghave.py
+++ b/tests/hghave.py
@@ -825,4 +825,7 @@
 
 @check('emacs', 'GNU Emacs')
 def has_emacs():
-    return matchoutput('emacs --version', b'GNU Emacs')
+    # Our emacs lisp uses `with-eval-after-load` which is new in emacs
+    # 24.4, so we allow emacs 24.4, 24.5, and 25+ (24.5 was the last
+    # 24 release)
+    return matchoutput('emacs --version', b'GNU Emacs 2(4.4|4.5|5|6|7|8|9)')