diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0d9eefb577..df48aa5cfd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ then
   AC_SUBST(GTK_CFLAGS)
   AC_SUBST(GTK_LIBS)
 
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNOME, libgnomeui-2.0 >= 2.24)
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNOME, libgnomeui-2.0 >= 2.22)
   AS_SCRUB_INCLUDE(GNOME_CFLAGS)
   AC_SUBST(GNOME_CFLAGS)
   AC_SUBST(GNOME_LIBS)