diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a512fa8..3dd717a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(getaddrinfo, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GETADDRINFO) )
 
 PKG_CHECK_EXISTS
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES( [GTK], [gtk+-3.0], [ GTK_VERSION="3" ], [ PKG_CHECK_MODULES( [GTK], [gtk+-2.0 >= 2.8 gthread-2.0 gmodule-2.0], [ GTK_VERSION="2" ] ) ], [  ] )
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES( [GTK], [gtk+-3.0], [ GTK_VERSION="3" ], [ PKG_CHECK_MODULES( [GTK], [gtk+-2.0 >= 2.16 gthread-2.0 gmodule-2.0], [ GTK_VERSION="2" ] ) ], [  ] )
 
 AC_SUBST(GTK_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(GTK_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/pw3270.spec.in b/pw3270.spec.in
index b6d91a3..88ae4e0 100644
--- a/pw3270.spec.in
+++ b/pw3270.spec.in
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 	%define _release %{_rel}.suse%{suse_version}
 	%define _distro SuSE Linux %{suse_version}
 	%if %{?suse_version} < 1200
-		%define _bldreq gtk2-devel libopenssl-devel
+		%define _bldreq gtk2-devel >= 2.16 libopenssl-devel
 	%endif
 %endif
 
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