diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 85d5c980e..f1bfbdef0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ LIBGLIB="glib-2.0 >= 2.16"
 LIBUDEV="libudev >= 143"
 LIBSELINUX="libselinux >= 2.0.86"
 LIBDBUS="dbus-1 >= 1.0"
-LIBPIXMAN="pixman-1 >= 0.15.20"
+LIBPIXMAN="pixman-1 >= 0.21.6"
 
 dnl Pixman is always required, but we separate it out so we can link
 dnl specific modules against it