diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d11af11cd..78d48a7f0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([dbus],
     AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-dbus],[Disable optional D-Bus support]))
 
 AS_IF([test "x$enable_dbus" != "xno"],
-    [PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DBUS, [ dbus-1 >= 1.3.0 ], HAVE_DBUS=1, HAVE_DBUS=0)],
+    [PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DBUS, [ dbus-1 >= 1.4.12 ], HAVE_DBUS=1, HAVE_DBUS=0)],
     HAVE_DBUS=0)
 
 AS_IF([test "x$enable_dbus" = "xyes" && test "x$HAVE_DBUS" = "x0"],