diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a4528d920..243a842bb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ NETWORK_MANAGER_REQUIRED_VERSION=0.8.992
 LIBNOTIFY_REQUIRED_VERSION=0.7.3
 GNOME_DESKTOP_REQUIRED_VERSION=3.5.1
 SCHEMAS_REQUIRED_VERSION=3.3.0
-LIBWACOM_REQUIRED_VERSION=0.3
+LIBWACOM_REQUIRED_VERSION=0.5
 
 COMMON_MODULES="gtk+-3.0 >= $GTK_REQUIRED_VERSION
  glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED_VERSION