diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f758f32061..9852aef526 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2779,12 +2779,7 @@ fi
 ##########################################
 # glib support probe
 
-if test "$mingw32" = yes; then
-    # g_poll is required in order to integrate with the glib main loop.
-    glib_req_ver=2.20
-else
-    glib_req_ver=2.12
-fi
+glib_req_ver=2.22
 glib_modules=gthread-2.0
 if test "$modules" = yes; then
     glib_modules="$glib_modules gmodule-2.0"