diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 13ae67efbe..101d397107 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ AC_SUBST(GSTPB_PREFIX)
 dnl GTK is optional and used in examples
 if test "x$BUILD_EXAMPLES" = "xyes"; then
   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK, gtk+-3.0, HAVE_GTK=yes,
-  [PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK, gtk+-2.0 >= 2.8.0, HAVE_GTK=yes, HAVE_GTK=no)])
+  [PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK, gtk+-2.0 >= 2.14.0, HAVE_GTK=yes, HAVE_GTK=no)])
   AC_SUBST(GTK_LIBS)
   AC_SUBST(GTK_CFLAGS)
 fi