diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b5b8efbb9d..45e236555a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DBUS, dbus-1 >= 1.1 dbus-glib-1 >= 0.75)
 AC_SUBST(DBUS_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(DBUS_LIBS)
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB, gthread-2.0 glib-2.0 >= 2.16 gobject-2.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB, gthread-2.0 glib-2.0 >= 2.18 gobject-2.0)
 AC_SUBST(GLIB_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GLIB_LIBS)