diff --git a/plugins/powerd/meson.build b/plugins/powerd/meson.build
index 4091d60b9..9d09183f9 100644
--- a/plugins/powerd/meson.build
+++ b/plugins/powerd/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if host_machine.system() == 'linux'
+if host_machine.system() == 'linux' and gio.version().version_compare('>=2.58')
   cargs = ['-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="FuPluginPowerd"']
 
 shared_module('fu_plugin_powerd',