diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1eb2546f..99bb0c1e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ env:
     # - LUA=5.0 LUAPKG=50  LUALIB=/usr/lib/liblua50.so
     - LUA=5.1 LGIVER=      LUAPKG=5.1 LUALIB=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblua5.1.so
     - LUA=5.2 LGIVER=      LUAPKG=5.2 LUALIB=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblua5.2.so BUILD_APIDOC=true
-    - LUA=5.2 LGIVER=0.7.0 LUAPKG=5.2 LUALIB=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblua5.2.so
+    - LUA=5.2 LGIVER=0.7.1 LUAPKG=5.2 LUALIB=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblua5.2.so
   global:
     # Secure token to push to gh-pages.
     - secure: "LZxt9559+V3qJMdVgmKW4RYTt8ZINooex/qsnoEJUtZloj/eFNG4COT2z6a2yeH2tKWzknCsmV9nLPJiNEA2KLcyqDhjFQvJwKmsBuhGUmLyeQgfenjweorRjO8NT18X1SAEUXAMnClPu+OeTDs4BAuVn5foGZ7xpcRg2E+j2mc="
diff --git a/build-utils/lgi-check.sh b/build-utils/lgi-check.sh
index d4545b16..ffabe732 100755
--- a/build-utils/lgi-check.sh
+++ b/build-utils/lgi-check.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ lua -e 'require("lgi")' || die
 
 # Check the version number.
 # Keep this in sync with lib/gears/surface.lua.in and .travis.yml (LGIVER)!
-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
+lua -e '_, _, major_minor, patch = string.find(require("lgi.version"), "^(%d%.%d)%.(%d)");
+	if tonumber(major_minor) < 0.7 or (tonumber(major_minor) == 0.7 and tonumber(patch) < 1) then
+		error(string.format("lgi is too old, need at least version %s, got %s.",
+		                    "0.7.1", require("lgi.version"))) 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 b/lib/gears/surface.lua
index 2cb32515..946f7508 100644
--- a/lib/gears/surface.lua
+++ b/lib/gears/surface.lua
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ local capi = { awesome = awesome }
 local cairo = require("lgi").cairo
 
 -- 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")
+local ver_major, ver_minor, ver_patch = string.match(require('lgi.version'), '(%d)%.(%d)%.(%d)')
+if tonumber(ver_major) <= 0 and (tonumber(ver_minor) < 7 or (tonumber(ver_minor) == 7 and tonumber(ver_patch) < 1)) then
+    error("lgi too old, need at least version 0.7.1")
 end
 
 local surface = { mt = {} }