diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 5301ff9..396f059 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -300,7 +300,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	context = g_option_context_new ("Fingerprint handler daemon");
 	g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, entries, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
+
+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 36, 0)
 	g_type_init();
+#endif
 
 	if (g_option_context_parse (context, &argc, &argv, &error) == FALSE) {
 		g_print ("couldn't parse command-line options: %s\n", error->message);