diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d67e7cb10..25e9dd362 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ LIBUDEV="libudev >= 143"
 LIBSELINUX="libselinux >= 2.0.86"
 LIBDBUS="dbus-1 >= 1.0"
 LIBPIXMAN="pixman-1 >= 0.21.8"
-LIBEGL="egl >= 7.12.0"
+LIBEGL="egl >= 7.11.0"
 LIBGLESV2="glesv2 >= 7.11.0"
 dnl Pixman is always required, but we separate it out so we can link
 dnl specific modules against it