diff --git a/build-utils/lgi-check.sh b/build-utils/lgi-check.sh
index 340eea92..96bab290 100755
--- a/build-utils/lgi-check.sh
+++ b/build-utils/lgi-check.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ die()
 lua -e 'require("lgi")' || die
 
 # Check the version number
-lua -e 'if tonumber(string.match(require("lgi.version"), "(%d%.%d)")) <= 0.5 then error("lgi too old, need at least version 0.6.1") end' || die
+# Keep this in sync with lib/gears/surface.lua.in!
+lua -e 'if tonumber(string.match(require("lgi.version"), "(%d%.%d)")) < 0.7 then error("lgi too old, need at least version 0.7.0") end' || die
 
 # Check for the needed gi files
 lua -e 'l = require("lgi") assert(l.cairo, l.Pango, l.PangoCairo)' || die
diff --git a/lib/gears/surface.lua.in b/lib/gears/surface.lua.in
index 7ad9e1f3..023703fd 100644
--- a/lib/gears/surface.lua.in
+++ b/lib/gears/surface.lua.in
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ local type = type
 local capi = { awesome = awesome }
 local cairo = require("lgi").cairo
 
--- This checks for '<= 0.5' because there are git versions after 0.6 which still
--- identify themselves as 0.6 but already have the needed cairo support
-local ver_major,ver_minor = string.match(require('lgi.version'),'(%d)%.(%d)')
-if ( (tonumber(ver_major)<=0) and (tonumber(ver_minor)<=5) ) then
-    error("lgi too old, need at least version 0.6.1")
+-- Keep this in sync with build-utils/lgi-check.sh!
+local ver_major, ver_minor = string.match(require('lgi.version'), '(%d)%.(%d)')
+if tonumber(ver_major) <= 0 and tonumber(ver_minor) < 7 then
+    error("lgi too old, need at least version 0.7.0")
 end
 
 -- gears.surface