diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b6c7803f..2f4c0e0a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GLIB], [glib-2.0 >= 2.6.0])
 AC_SUBST(GLIB_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GLIB_LIBS)
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PANGO, [pango >= 1.8.0 pangoxft >= 1.8.0])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PANGO, [pango >= 1.16.0 pangoxft >= 1.8.0])
 AC_SUBST(PANGO_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(PANGO_LIBS)