diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c72d8ef15..386efcf63 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1786,9 +1786,13 @@ fi
 ])
 
 if test x$have_libmount = xyes; then
+  LIBMOUNT_REQUIRES="mount >= 2.23"
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBMOUNT, 1, [Define if libmount is available])
+else
+  LIBMOUNT_REQUIRES=""
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_LIBMOUNT, [test x$have_libmount = xyes])
+AC_SUBST([LIBMOUNT_REQUIRES])
 
 dnl ****************************************
 dnl *** platform dependent source checks ***
diff --git a/gio-2.0.pc.in b/gio-2.0.pc.in
index afd3a40a6..d67e80839 100644
--- a/gio-2.0.pc.in
+++ b/gio-2.0.pc.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Name: GIO
 Description: glib I/O library
 Version: @VERSION@
 Requires: glib-2.0 gobject-2.0
-Requires.private: gmodule-no-export-2.0
+Requires.private: gmodule-no-export-2.0 @LIBMOUNT_REQUIRES@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lgio-2.0
-Libs.private: @ZLIB_LIBS@ @NETWORK_LIBS@ @SELINUX_LIBS@ @COCOA_LIBS@ @CARBON_LIBS@ @LIBMOUNT_LIBS@
+Libs.private: @ZLIB_LIBS@ @NETWORK_LIBS@ @SELINUX_LIBS@ @COCOA_LIBS@ @CARBON_LIBS@
 Cflags: