diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e72075de12..6a1d185f6c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ if test "x$enable_wayland_backend" = "xyes"; then
   GDK_WINDOWING="$GDK_WINDOWING
 #define GDK_WINDOWING_WAYLAND"
   DISABLE_ON_WAYLAND='%'
-  WAYLAND_PACKAGES="wayland-client >= 1.0.0 xkbcommon >= 0.2.0 wayland-cursor"
+  WAYLAND_PACKAGES="wayland-client >= 1.1.90 xkbcommon >= 0.2.0 wayland-cursor"
   AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_WAYLAND, true)
 else
   AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_WAYLAND, false)