diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 57e9e6db6..4c3d402d6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(glib,
 			[Use glib @<:@default=auto@:>@])],,
 	[with_glib=auto])
 have_glib=false
-GLIB_DEPS="glib-2.0 >= 2.16"
+GLIB_DEPS="glib-2.0 >= 2.38"
 AC_SUBST(GLIB_DEPS)
 if test "x$with_glib" = "xyes" -o "x$with_glib" = "xauto"; then
 	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB, $GLIB_DEPS, have_glib=true, :)