diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 47ca71cd..9527ca88 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-03-20  Colin Walters  <walters@verbum.org>
+
+	Patch suggested by Inguva Rajasekhar <ringuva@novell.com>.
+
+	* configure.in: Require GTK+ 2.6.
+	
 2005-03-20  Colin Walters  <walters@verbum.org>
 
 	* Makefile.am (SUBDIRS, DIST_SUBDIRS): Build tools before test.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 28a186cc..51f7bf6a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -853,8 +853,8 @@ if test x$have_glib = xno ; then
     AC_MSG_WARN([Can't use GTK+ since GLib not enabled])
     have_gtk=no
 else
-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DBUS_GTK, gtk+-2.0, have_gtk=yes, have_gtk=no)
-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DBUS_GTK_THREADS, gtk+-2.0 gthread-2.0, have_gtk_threads=yes, have_gtk_threads=no)
+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DBUS_GTK, gtk+-2.0 >= 2.6, have_gtk=yes, have_gtk=no)
+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DBUS_GTK_THREADS, gtk+-2.0 >= 2.6 gthread-2.0, have_gtk_threads=yes, have_gtk_threads=no)
 fi
 
 if test x$have_gtk = xno ; then