diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d282c762..08ab70fa 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([execinfo.h])
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([mkostemp strchrnul initgroups posix_fallocate])
 
-COMPOSITOR_MODULES="wayland-server >= 1.3.90 pixman-1 >= 0.25.2"
+COMPOSITOR_MODULES="wayland-server >= 1.5.91 pixman-1 >= 0.25.2"
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(egl, [  --disable-egl],,
               enable_egl=yes)
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_WAYLAND_COMPOSITOR,
 if test x$enable_wayland_compositor = xyes -a x$enable_egl = xyes; then
   AC_DEFINE([BUILD_WAYLAND_COMPOSITOR], [1],
 	    [Build the Wayland (nested) compositor])
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(WAYLAND_COMPOSITOR, [wayland-client wayland-egl wayland-cursor])
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(WAYLAND_COMPOSITOR, [wayland-client >= 1.5.91 wayland-egl wayland-cursor])
 fi
 
 
@@ -323,9 +323,9 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_CLIENTS, test x$enable_clients = xyes)
 if test x$enable_clients = xyes; then
   AC_DEFINE([BUILD_CLIENTS], [1], [Build the Wayland clients])
 
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CLIENT, [wayland-client cairo >= 1.10.0 xkbcommon wayland-cursor])
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CLIENT, [wayland-client >= 1.5.91 cairo >= 1.10.0 xkbcommon wayland-cursor])
   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SERVER, [wayland-server])
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(WESTON_INFO, [wayland-client])
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(WESTON_INFO, [wayland-client >= 1.5.91])
 
   # Only check for cairo-egl if a GL or GLES renderer requested
   AS_IF([test "x$cairo_modules" = "xcairo-gl" -o "x$cairo_modules" = "xcairo-glesv2"], [