diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bcc8aeb..96dc34d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK, gtk+-2.0 >= 2.2)
 AC_SUBST(GTK_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GTK_LIBS)
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB, glib-2.0 >= 2.2)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB, glib-2.0 >= 2.12)
 AC_SUBST(GLIB_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GLIB_LIBS)