diff --git a/lib/nokogiri/version/info.rb b/lib/nokogiri/version/info.rb
index 95f29e56..427b79ad 100644
--- a/lib/nokogiri/version/info.rb
+++ b/lib/nokogiri/version/info.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 require "singleton"
 require "shellwords"
+require "rubygems"
 
 module Nokogiri
   class VersionInfo # :nodoc:
@@ -73,11 +74,11 @@ module Nokogiri
       warnings = []
 
       if libxml2?
-        if compiled_libxml_version != loaded_libxml_version
+        if Gem::Version.new(compiled_libxml_version) > Gem::Version.new(loaded_libxml_version)
           warnings << "Nokogiri was built against libxml version #{compiled_libxml_version}, but has dynamically loaded #{loaded_libxml_version}"
         end
 
-        if compiled_libxslt_version != loaded_libxslt_version
+        if Gem::Version.new(compiled_libxslt_version) > Gem::Version.new(loaded_libxslt_version)
           warnings << "Nokogiri was built against libxslt version #{compiled_libxslt_version}, but has dynamically loaded #{loaded_libxslt_version}"
         end
       end