2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0e129039..419c996f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ dnl ==============================================
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GMODULE,gmodule-2.0,[GMODULE_ADD="gmodule-2.0"],[GMODULE_ADD=""])
 COMMON_MODULES="gtk+-$GTK_API_VERSION >= $GTK_REQUIRED dnl
 $GMODULE_ADD dnl
- glib-2.0 >= 2.36 dnl
+ glib-2.0 >= 2.32 dnl
 gthread-2.0 dnl
 gio-2.0 dnl
 gio-unix-2.0 dnl
diff --git a/font-viewer/font-thumbnailer.c b/font-viewer/font-thumbnailer.c
index 921d2679..9b9c833a 100644
--- a/font-viewer/font-thumbnailer.c
+++ b/font-viewer/font-thumbnailer.c
@@ -256,6 +256,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
 
+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 36, 0)
+ g_type_init ();
+#endif
+
 context = g_option_context_new (NULL);
 g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);