diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
index ebab457..d45da15 100644
--- a/config.h.in
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@
 
 /* Define to the version of this package. */
 #mesondefine VERSION
+
+/* Whether current polkit version supports autopointers */
+#mesondefine POLKIT_HAS_AUTOPOINTERS
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 90ab529..d0aa764 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ cdata.set_quoted('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', meson.project_name())
 cdata.set_quoted('PACKAGE_VERSION', meson.project_version())
 cdata.set_quoted('VERSION', meson.project_version())
 cdata.set_quoted('SYSCONFDIR', sysconfdir)
+cdata.set('POLKIT_HAS_AUTOPOINTERS', polkit_gobject_dep.version().version_compare('>= 0.114'))
 
 config_h = configure_file(
   input: 'config.h.in',
diff --git a/src/device.c b/src/device.c
index 8c2dc2b..0ebf4bf 100644
--- a/src/device.c
+++ b/src/device.c
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ enum fprint_device_signals {
 static guint32 last_id = ~0;
 static guint signals[NUM_SIGNALS] = { 0, };
 
+#ifndef POLKIT_HAS_AUTOPOINTERS
+/* FIXME: Remove this once we're fine to depend on polkit 0.114 */
+G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC (PolkitAuthorizationResult, g_object_unref)
+G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC (PolkitSubject, g_object_unref)
+#endif
+
 static void
 session_data_unref(SessionData *session)
 {