diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 643074d2db..0afcca3730 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-05-13  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	  Require GLib >= 2.4.0 (for the g_atomic_* funcs)
+
 2005-05-13  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
 
 	* docs/design/part-element-source.txt:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f7087288c4..1b7e0ee8d8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ dnl ====================================
 dnl === GLib 2 ===
 dnl Minimum required version of GLib2
 dnl required for compilation without warnings
-GLIB2_REQ="2.2"
+GLIB2_REQ="2.4"
 AC_SUBST(GLIB2_REQ)
 
 dnl Check for glib2 with sugar on top