diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4b3b5cd6bcb6d14441755277d4859cf533545613..be4d326ae053ba8e9b0a461acb02be9281564d41 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3073,7 +3073,11 @@ fi
 ##########################################
 # glib support probe
 
-glib_req_ver=2.22
+if test "$mingw32" = yes; then
+    glib_req_ver=2.30
+else
+    glib_req_ver=2.22
+fi
 glib_modules=gthread-2.0
 if test "$modules" = yes; then
     glib_modules="$glib_modules gmodule-2.0"