diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2ffb7b017..a49bf9fc3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ CAIRO_ENABLE(test_surfaces, test surfaces, no)
 dnl ===========================================================================
 
 CAIRO_ENABLE_SURFACE_BACKEND(image, image, always, [
-  pixman_REQUIRES="pixman-1 >= 0.11.2"
+  pixman_REQUIRES="pixman-1 >= 0.12.0"
   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(pixman, $pixman_REQUIRES, , [AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
   use_image="no (requires $pixman_REQUIRES http://cairographics.org/releases/)"])
   image_REQUIRES=$pixman_REQUIRES