diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5f666b2ff6..77a56b6088 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ if test "x$enable_wayland_backend" = "xyes"; then
   have_gio_unix=yes
   GDK_WINDOWING="$GDK_WINDOWING
 #define GDK_WINDOWING_WAYLAND"
-  WAYLAND_PACKAGES="wayland-client xkbcommon wayland-cursor"
+  WAYLAND_PACKAGES="wayland-client >= 1.0.0 xkbcommon wayland-cursor"
   if test "x$enable_wayland_cairo_gl" = "xyes"; then
     WAYLAND_PACKAGES="$WAYLAND_PACKAGES wayland-egl egl"
   fi