diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 33f5913..7d5dcda 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ External software dependancies
 
  Requisite:
 
-  - GLib >= 2.6
+  - GLib >= 2.10
 
  Optional:
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f813a6f..1145ab3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -661,8 +661,8 @@ DBUS_INCLUDEDIR=`pkg-config dbus-1 --variable=includedir`
 AC_SUBST(DBUS_INCLUDEDIR)
 
 # Glib detection
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DBUS_GLIB, gobject-2.0 >= 2.6, have_glib=yes, have_glib=no)
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DBUS_GLIB_THREADS, gthread-2.0 >= 2.6, have_glib_threads=yes, have_glib_threads=no)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DBUS_GLIB, gobject-2.0 >= 2.10, have_glib=yes, have_glib=no)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DBUS_GLIB_THREADS, gthread-2.0 >= 2.10, have_glib_threads=yes, have_glib_threads=no)
 
 if test x$have_glib = xno ; then
     AC_MSG_ERROR([GLib development libraries not found])