--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ GLIB_REQUIRED=2.36.0
 LIBGTOP_REQUIRED=2.23.1
 GIOMM_REQUIRED=2.26.0
 GLIBMM_REQUIRED=2.22
-GTK_REQUIRED=3.14.0
+GTK_REQUIRED=3.10.0
 GTKMM_REQUIRED=3.8.1
 LIBWNCK_REQUIRED=3.0.0
 LIBXML_REQUIRED=2.0
--- a/src/sysinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/sysinfo.cpp
@@ -767,10 +767,14 @@ procman_create_sysinfo_view(void)
         logo = gtk_image_new_from_file(DATADIR "/pixmaps/mate-system-monitor/side.png");
     }
     gtk_widget_set_valign (logo, GTK_ALIGN_START);
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION (3, 12, 0)
     gtk_widget_set_margin_start (logo, 5);
     gtk_widget_set_margin_end (logo, 5);
     gtk_widget_set_margin_top (logo, 12);
     gtk_widget_set_margin_bottom (logo, 12);
+#else
+    gtk_misc_set_padding (GTK_MISC(logo), 5, 12);
+#endif
     gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(hbox), logo, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
 
     g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(logo), "draw", G_CALLBACK(sysinfo_logo_draw), NULL);