diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index acbe9223e0..3678f331b6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2459,7 +2459,7 @@ AG_GST_CHECK_FEATURE(DTLS, [DTLS plugin], dtls, [
 dnl *** ttml ***
 translit(dnm, m, l) AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_TTML, true)
 AG_GST_CHECK_FEATURE(TTML, [TTML plugin], ttml, [
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(TTML, [ libxml-2.0 pango cairo pangocairo ], [
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(TTML, [ libxml-2.0 >= 2.9.2 pango cairo pangocairo ], [
     HAVE_TTML="yes"
   ], [
     HAVE_TTML="no"
diff --git a/ext/ttml/meson.build b/ext/ttml/meson.build
index e7e8398f0e..5657ffb605 100644
--- a/ext/ttml/meson.build
+++ b/ext/ttml/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-libxml_dep = dependency('libxml-2.0', required : false)
+libxml_dep = dependency('libxml-2.0', version : '>= 2.9.2', required : false)
 pango_dep = dependency('pango', required : false)
 cairo_dep = dependency('cairo', required : false)
 pangocairo_dep = dependency('pangocairo', required : false)