diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a903da7ff1..0207e043f9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-10-07  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* configure.in
+	* gimp.spec.in: require librsvg >= 2.2.0 for the SVG plug-in.
+	Fixes bug #123966.
+
 2003-10-07  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/widgets/gimpdockable.[ch] (gimp_dockable_detach): new
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index db555c80e9..daadf7047c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ GTKDOC_REQUIRED_VERSION=1.0
 GTKHTML2_REQUIRED_VERSION=2.0.0
 GIMPPRINT_REQUIRED_VERSION=4.2.0
 GIMPPRINT_TOONEW_VERSION=4.3.0
+RSVG_REQUIRED_VERSION=2.2.0
 
 AC_SUBST(FONTCONFIG_REQUIRED_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(PANGOFT2_REQUIRED_VERSION)
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ AC_SUBST(GTK_REQUIRED_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(GIMPPRINT_REQUIRED_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(GIMPPRINT_TOONEW_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(GTKHTML2_REQUIRED_VERSION)
+AC_SUBST(RSVG_REQUIRED_VERSION)
 
 #
 # Making releases:
@@ -935,7 +937,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_HELPBROWSER, test x$have_gtkhtml2 = xyes)
 # Check for librsvg
 ###################
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SVG, librsvg-2.0,
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SVG, librsvg-2.0 >= $RSVG_REQUIRED_VERSION,
   SVG=svg
   LIBSVG=$SVG_LIBS,
   AC_MSG_WARN([*** SVG import plug-in will not be built (librsvg not found) ***]))
diff --git a/gimp.spec.in b/gimp.spec.in
index c94731257b..2d1a66246c 100644
--- a/gimp.spec.in
+++ b/gimp.spec.in
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Requires:	libart_lgpl >= 2.0
 Requires:	fontconfig >= @FONTCONFIG_REQUIRED_VERSION@
 Requires:	gimp-print >= @GIMPPRINT_REQUIRED_VERSION@
 Requires:	gtkhtml2 >= @GTKHTML2_REQUIRED_VERSION@
-Requires:	librsvg2 >= 2.0
+Requires:	librsvg2 >= @RSVG_REQUIRED_VERSION@
 BuildRequires:	gtk2-devel >= @GTK_REQUIRED_VERSION@
 BuildRequires:  fontconfig-devel >= @FONTCONFIG_REQUIRED_VERSION@
 BuildRequires:  libart_lgpl-devel >= 2.0