diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index ca6720f37d..0eacfd139d 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -51,13 +51,3 @@
 #else
 # error You either need at least GCC 4.8 or Clang 3.4 or XCode Clang 5.1 to compile libvirt
 #endif
-
-/* Ask for warnings for anything that was marked deprecated in
- * the defined version, or before. It is a candidate for rewrite.
- */
-#define GLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED GLIB_VERSION_2_48
-
-/* Ask for warnings if code tries to use function that did not
- * exist in the defined version. These risk breaking builds
- */
-#define GLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED GLIB_VERSION_2_48
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 618cbd6b1d..1f97842319 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -949,6 +949,14 @@ endif
 glib_dep = declare_dependency(
   dependencies: [ glib_dep, gobject_dep, gio_dep ],
 )
+glib_version_arr = glib_version.split('.')
+glib_version_str = 'GLIB_VERSION_@0@_@1@'.format(glib_version_arr[0], glib_version_arr[1])
+# Ask for warnings for anything that was marked deprecated in
+# the defined version, or before. It is a candidate for rewrite.
+conf.set('GLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED', glib_version_str)
+# Ask for warnings if code tries to use function that did not
+# exist in the defined version. These risk breaking builds
+conf.set('GLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED', glib_version_str)
 
 glusterfs_version = '3.4.1'
 glusterfs_dep = dependency('glusterfs-api', version: '>=' + glusterfs_version, required: get_option('glusterfs'))