diff --git a/gnome/configure.ac b/gnome/configure.ac
index d53f4e7d03c8d4006c710cf93a6e3910666b6f98..a83fb0c8dfb22c8e510fd2bf133ea388853ff480 100644
--- a/gnome/configure.ac
+++ b/gnome/configure.ac
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SFLPHONE_UIDIR_UNINSTALLED, "`pwd`/src/",
   [path to uninstalled SFLphone UI dir])
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DBUSGLIB, dbus-glib-1 >= 0.75, HAVE_DBUS_G_PROXY_SET_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=true, HAVE_DBUS_G_PROXY_SET_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=false);
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBNOTIFY], [libnotify >= 0.7.2])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBNOTIFY], [libnotify >= 0.5.0])
 if echo "$LIBNOTIFY_LIBS" | grep -q gtk+-x11-2.0; then
     AC_MSG_ERROR([Your libnotify is linked with GTK+2 ! Install libnotify4-dev])
     exit 1