diff --git a/clients/view.c b/clients/view.c
index c8ced153..110a8298 100644
--- a/clients/view.c
+++ b/clients/view.c
@@ -293,7 +293,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int i;
 	int view_counter = 0;
 
+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 35, 0)
 	g_type_init();
+#endif
 
 	parse_options(view_options, ARRAY_LENGTH(view_options), &argc, argv);