diff --git a/src/frontends/gnome/configure.ac b/src/frontends/gnome/configure.ac
index 1f726aaa4..313bfc835 100644
--- a/src/frontends/gnome/configure.ac
+++ b/src/frontends/gnome/configure.ac
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GETTEXT_PACKAGE,"$GETTEXT_PACKAGE", [Gettext package])
 IT_PROG_INTLTOOL([0.35])
 AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK, gtk+-2.0 >= 2.6)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK, gtk+-3.0 >= 3.0)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBSECRET, libsecret-1)
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBNM_GLIB, NetworkManager >= 1.1.0 libnm-util libnm-glib libnm-glib-vpn)