diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index faade21..383750a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ config_data.set_quoted('PACKAGE_URL', calls_homepage)
 config_data.set_quoted('PACKAGE_VERSION', calls_version)
 config_data.set('PACKAGE_URL_RAW', calls_homepage)
 
+add_project_arguments([
+ '-DGLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=GLIB_VERSION_2_58',
+ '-DGLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=GLIB_VERSION_2_60',
+], language: 'c')
+
 subdir('po')
 subdir('src')
 subdir('plugins')
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 82ab3ae..a7f708c 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ gnome = import('gnome')
 src_include = include_directories('.')
 calls_includes = [ top_include, src_include ]
 
-calls_deps = [ dependency('gobject-2.0'),
+calls_deps = [ dependency('gobject-2.0', version: '>= 2.58'),
                dependency('gtk+-3.0'),
                dependency('libhandy-0.0', version: '>= 0.0.12'),
                dependency('gsound'),