diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 151ee7e2a0e55cb518971a5fd5eb9fa17b1664e8..53e1dc7718c3f2c68a18d7d6f84e3467576a29c2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$enable_video" != "xno" -a "x$enable_accel" != "xno"],
 AM_CONDITIONAL([RING_ACCEL], [test "x${ring_accel}" = "xyes"])
 
 dnl check for GnuTLS
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GNUTLS], [gnutls >= 3.6.7], [], AC_MSG_ERROR([gnutls not found]))
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GNUTLS], [gnutls >= 3.7.4], [], AC_MSG_ERROR([gnutls not found]))
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([NETTLE], [nettle >= 3.0.0], [], AC_MSG_ERROR([nettle not found]))
 
 # PTHREAD
diff --git a/contrib/src/gnutls/rules.mak b/contrib/src/gnutls/rules.mak
index 9594cabe5852bb379d9c8ede4b9657145fca2a55..1d4d9d2403ae53f2a7a021ccdef9753e470d537f 100644
--- a/contrib/src/gnutls/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/gnutls/rules.mak
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ GNUTLS_URL := https://www.gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gnutls/v3.8/gnutls-$(GNUTLS_VERSI
 
 PKGS += gnutls
 
-ifeq ($(call need_pkg,"gnutls >= 3.6.7"),)
+ifeq ($(call need_pkg,"gnutls >= 3.7.4"),)
 PKGS_FOUND += gnutls
 endif