diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 694dee3bb..6d6ce9bbb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1798,7 +1798,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(libmount,
                               [build with libmount support [default for Linux]])],,
               [enable_libmount=$enable_libmount_default])
 AS_IF([ test "x$enable_libmount" = "xyes"],[
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBMOUNT], [mount >= 2.28], [have_libmount=yes], [have_libmount=no])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBMOUNT], [mount >= 2.23], [have_libmount=yes], [have_libmount=no])
 if test $have_libmount = no ; then
    AC_MSG_ERROR([*** Could not find libmount])
 fi
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 228e7d787..62663780a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ xgettext = find_program('xgettext', required : false)
 # pkg-config file below
 libmount_dep = []
 if host_system == 'linux' and get_option('libmount')
-  libmount_dep = [dependency('mount', version : '>=2.28', required : true)]
+  libmount_dep = [dependency('mount', version : '>=2.23', required : true)]
 endif
 
 if host_system == 'windows'