diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0c118cd40..23ee4559f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(BACKGROUND_PANEL, $COMMON_MODULES libxml-2.0 gnome-desktop-3.0
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DATETIME_PANEL, $COMMON_MODULES dbus-glib-1
                   polkit-gobject-1 >= $POLKIT_REQUIRED_VERSION
                   gdk-pixbuf-2.0 >= $GDKPIXBUF_REQUIRED_VERSION)
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DISPLAY_PANEL, $COMMON_MODULES dbus-glib-1 gnome-desktop-3.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DISPLAY_PANEL, $COMMON_MODULES dbus-glib-1 gnome-desktop-3.0 >= 3.1.0)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(INFO_PANEL, $COMMON_MODULES libgtop-2.0)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(KEYBOARD_PANEL, $COMMON_MODULES gconf-2.0 x11)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MEDIA_PANEL, $COMMON_MODULES)