diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8ccfe51673..51eae49daf 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3694,6 +3694,7 @@ echo "QEMU_CFLAGS=$QEMU_CFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "QEMU_CXXFLAGS=$QEMU_CXXFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "GLIB_CFLAGS=$glib_cflags" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "GLIB_LIBS=$glib_libs" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "GLIB_VERSION=$(pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0)" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "QEMU_LDFLAGS=$QEMU_LDFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "LD_I386_EMULATION=$ld_i386_emulation" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "EXESUF=$EXESUF" >> $config_host_mak
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1c70839bbf..c37eb92ebe 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -404,14 +404,16 @@ endif
 add_project_arguments(config_host['GLIB_CFLAGS'].split(),
                       native: false, language: ['c', 'cpp', 'objc'])
 glib = declare_dependency(compile_args: config_host['GLIB_CFLAGS'].split(),
-                          link_args: config_host['GLIB_LIBS'].split())
+                          link_args: config_host['GLIB_LIBS'].split(),
+                          version: config_host['GLIB_VERSION'])
 # override glib dep with the configure results (for subprojects)
 meson.override_dependency('glib-2.0', glib)
 
 gio = not_found
 if 'CONFIG_GIO' in config_host
   gio = declare_dependency(compile_args: config_host['GIO_CFLAGS'].split(),
-                           link_args: config_host['GIO_LIBS'].split())
+                           link_args: config_host['GIO_LIBS'].split(),
+                           version: config_host['GLIB_VERSION'])
 endif
 lttng = not_found
 if 'ust' in get_option('trace_backends')