diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b4bdcfb157..ba913a3fe6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-02-18  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* configure.in: depend on DirectFB >= 1.0.0. There's no point in
+	using an earlier development version.
+
 2009-02-18  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	Bug 554407 – directfb backend does not implement GdkWindowImpl
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b564ba35a7..a933ffe998 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ AC_SUBST(GDK_PIXBUF_XLIB_DEP_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(GDK_PIXBUF_XLIB_DEP_CFLAGS)
 
 if test "x$gdktarget" = "xdirectfb"; then
-  DIRECTFB_REQUIRED_VERSION=0.9.24
+  DIRECTFB_REQUIRED_VERSION=1.0.0
   AC_MSG_CHECKING(for DirectFB)
 
   if $PKG_CONFIG --atleast-version $DIRECTFB_REQUIRED_VERSION directfb && $PKG_CONFIG --exists cairo-directfb ; then