diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 524dd90eb8..0c81c55f85 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-01-19  Robert Love  <rml@novell.com>
+
+	* configure.in: Require hal 0.5.0 or later.
+
 2006-01-18  Robert Love  <rml@novell.com>
 
 	* src/NetworkManager.c, src/NetworkManagerSystem.h, src/nm-device.c:
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 2629b02e98..05c21c8aa6 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GMODULE, gmodule-2.0)
 AC_SUBST(GMODULE_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GMODULE_LIBS)
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(HAL, hal >= 0.2.91)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(HAL, hal >= 0.5.0)
 AC_SUBST(HAL_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(HAL_LIBS)