diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 56a7abe1..2fc226b8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ dnl *********************************************************************
 dnl ** GLIB *************************************************************
 dnl *********************************************************************
 
-AM_PATH_GLIB_2_0(2.28.0, glib=yes, glib=no)
+AM_PATH_GLIB_2_0(2.34.0, glib=yes, glib=no)
 if test "$glib" = no; then
 	AC_MSG_ERROR(Cannot find GLib!)
 fi
diff --git a/share/doc/readme.md b/share/doc/readme.md
index dc66e0ac..7f490ce0 100644
--- a/share/doc/readme.md
+++ b/share/doc/readme.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ in general. HexChat runs on most BSD and POSIX compliant operating systems.
 ## Requirements:
 
  * GTK+ 2.24
- * GLib 2.28
+ * GLib 2.34
 
 HexChat is known to work on, at least: