diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c5ed33b83..959ae36da 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ dnl ===========================================================================
 dnl Build gobject integration library
 
 CAIRO_ENABLE_FUNCTIONS(gobject, gobject, auto, [
-  gobject_REQUIRES="gobject-2.0 glib-2.0"
+  gobject_REQUIRES="gobject-2.0 glib-2.0 >= 2.14"
   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GOBJECT, $gobject_REQUIRES, ,
     [use_gobject="no (requires $gobject_REQUIRES http://download.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/)"])
   gobject_NONPKGCONFIG_EXTRA_LIBS="-L\${libdir} -lcairo-gobject"