diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 90e162ac05..5c2454e60e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ if test "x$enable_wayland_backend" = "xyes"; then
   GDK_WINDOWING="$GDK_WINDOWING
 #define GDK_WINDOWING_WAYLAND"
   DISABLE_ON_WAYLAND='%'
-  WAYLAND_PACKAGES="wayland-client >= 1.1.90 xkbcommon >= 0.2.0 wayland-cursor"
+  WAYLAND_PACKAGES="wayland-client >= 1.2.0 xkbcommon >= 0.2.0 wayland-cursor"
 
   AC_PATH_PROG([WAYLAND_SCANNER],[wayland-scanner],[no])
   AS_IF([test "x$WAYLAND_SCANNER" = "xno"],