--- configure.ac
+++ configure.ac
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         cairo >= $CAIRO_REQUIRED,
         pixman-1 >= $PIXMAN_REQUIRED,
         gtk+-2.0 >= $GTK_REQUIRED
-        vala-1.0 >= $VALA_REQUIRED])
+        vala-0.10 >= $VALA_REQUIRED])
 AC_SUBST(CAIRO_COMPMGR_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(CAIRO_COMPMGR_LIBS)