diff --git a/clutter/clutter-macros.h b/clutter/clutter-macros.h
index 3eb183074..c9df10fd6 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-macros.h
+++ b/clutter/clutter-macros.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
  * clutter.h header.
  *
  * The definition should be one of the predefined Clutter version macros,
- * such as: %CLUTTER_VERSION_1_0, %CLUTTER_VERSION_1_2, ...
+ * such as: %CLUTTER_VERSION_2_0, %CLUTTER_VERSION_2_2, ...
  *
  * This macro defines the lower bound for the Clutter API to be used.
  *
@@ -89,7 +89,11 @@
  *
  */
 #ifndef CLUTTER_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED
-# define CLUTTER_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED   (CLUTTER_VERSION_CUR_STABLE)
+# if CLUTTER_MAJOR_VERSION < 2
+#   define CLUTTER_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED (G_ENCODE_VERSION (2, 0))
+# else
+#   define CLUTTER_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED (CLUTTER_VERSION_CUR_STABLE)
+# endif
 #endif
 
 /**
@@ -99,7 +103,7 @@
  * clutter.h header.
  *
  * The definition should be one of the predefined Clutter version macros,
- * such as: %CLUTTER_VERSION_1_0, %CLUTTER_VERSION_1_2, ...
+ * such as: %CLUTTER_VERSION_2_0, %CLUTTER_VERSION_2_2, ...
  *
  * This macro defines the upper bound for the Clutter API to be used.
  *
@@ -121,8 +125,8 @@
 #if CLUTTER_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED < CLUTTER_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED
 # error "CLUTTER_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED must be >= CLUTTER_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED"
 #endif
-#if CLUTTER_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED < CLUTTER_VERSION_1_0
-# error "CLUTTER_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED must be >= CLUTTER_VERSION_1_0"
+#if CLUTTER_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED < CLUTTER_VERSION_2_0
+# error "CLUTTER_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED must be >= CLUTTER_VERSION_2_0"
 #endif
 
 /* XXX: Every new stable minor release should add a set of macros here */
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-version.h.in b/clutter/clutter-version.h.in
index 5fb7d7927..d9b8c89d8 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-version.h.in
+++ b/clutter/clutter-version.h.in
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
  * A macro that evaluates to the 1.0 version of Clutter, in a format
  * that can be used by the C pre-processor.
  */
-#define CLUTTER_VERSION_1_0     (G_ENCODE_VERSION (1, 0))
+#define CLUTTER_VERSION_2_0     (G_ENCODE_VERSION (2, 0))
 
 /* evaluates to the current stable version; for development cycles,
  * this means the next stable target