diff --git a/README b/README
index eaee23676..d314fca6a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Clutter currently requires:
   • GLib >= 2.26.0
   • JSON-GLib >= 0.12
   • Atk >= 1.17
-  • Cairo >= 1.6
+  • Cairo >= 1.10
   • PangoCairo >= 1.20
   • OpenGL >= 1.3 or 1.2+multitexturing, OpenGL ES 1.1 or OpenGL ES 2.0
   • GLX, SDL, WGL or an EGL Implementation
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 703bbf2bd..665797d8d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$enable_maintainer_flags" = "xyes" && test "x$GCC" = "xyes"],
 AC_SUBST(MAINTAINER_CFLAGS)
 
 dnl === Dependencies, compiler flags and linker libraries =====================
-CLUTTER_REQUIRES="cairo >= 1.8 atk >= 1.7 pangocairo >= 1.20 json-glib-1.0 >= 0.12 $IMAGE_PC_FILES $BACKEND_PC_FILES"
+CLUTTER_REQUIRES="cairo-gobject >= 1.10 atk >= 1.7 pangocairo >= 1.20 json-glib-1.0 >= 0.12 $IMAGE_PC_FILES $BACKEND_PC_FILES"
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CLUTTER_DEPS, [$CLUTTER_REQUIRES])
 AC_SUBST(CLUTTER_REQUIRES)