diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
index 86f482f7a4cdd0d96e82caaf11cd091a95a53f36..3b016447f352450cf3310d763e232ba2396685f3 100644
--- a/configure.ac.in
+++ b/configure.ac.in
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ XDT_CHECK_PACKAGE([LIBXFCE4UTIL], [libxfce4util-1.0], [4.12.0])
 XDT_CHECK_PACKAGE([LIBXFCE4UI], [libxfce4ui-2], [4.12.0])
 XDT_CHECK_PACKAGE([LIBXFCE4KBD_PRIVATE], [libxfce4kbd-private-3], [4.12.0])
 XDT_CHECK_PACKAGE([XFCONF], [libxfconf-0], [4.12.0])
-XDT_CHECK_PACKAGE([PANGO], [pango], [1.42.0])
+XDT_CHECK_PACKAGE([PANGO], [pango], [1.38.0])
 
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 dnl *** GObject Instrospection ***