diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cd78f08f..c978b924 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ SPICE_PROTOCOL_MIN_VER=0.12.12
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SPICE_PROTOCOL], [spice-protocol >= $SPICE_PROTOCOL_MIN_VER])
 AC_SUBST([SPICE_PROTOCOL_MIN_VER])
 
-GLIB2_REQUIRED=2.22
+GLIB2_REQUIRED=2.28
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GLIB2], [glib-2.0 >= $GLIB2_REQUIRED gio-2.0 >= $GLIB2_REQUIRED])
 AS_VAR_APPEND([SPICE_REQUIRES], [" glib-2.0 >= $GLIB2_REQUIRED gio-2.0 >= $GLIB2_REQUIRED"])