diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0dadd31..a6b0c02 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1644,7 +1644,7 @@ fi
 # GTK probe
 
 if test "$gtk" != "no"; then
-    if $pkg_config gtk+-2.0 --modversion >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && \
+    if $pkg_config gtk+-2.0 --atleast-version=2.20 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && \
        $pkg_config vte --modversion >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
 	gtk_cflags=`$pkg_config --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null`
 	gtk_libs=`$pkg_config --libs gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null`