diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d7f64f17..0a407e09 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ before_install:
   - sudo apt-get install libgnutls-dev libgtk-3-dev libgtk2.0-dev
 script:
   - make -f Makefile.cvs
-  - ./configure --with-guis="qt4 gtk2"
+  - ./configure --with-guis="qt4 gtk2 gtk3"
   - make
   - make test
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 123e9941..9bab3d2d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -898,11 +898,9 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(WITH_GUI_GTK2, [test "$with_gui_gtk2" = "yes"])
 
 case "$gwenhywfar_guis" in
   *gtk3*)
-     # We need at least GTK 2.17.5 because we use functions like
-     # gtk_widget_get_sensitive() and gtk_widget_has_focus()
-     pkg_modules="gtk+-3.0 >= 3.14.0"
-     dnl $4=true => don't die in case of failure.
-     PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK3, [$pkg_modules], [], true)
+     # Minimum required gtk3 version
+     pkg_modules="gtk+-3.0 >= 3.10.8"
+     PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK3, [$pkg_modules])
      AC_DEFINE(BUILD_GUI_GTK3, 1, [if gwen gui for gtk3 is built])
      with_gui_gtk3="yes"
      ;;