diff -urN old/configure.in new/configure.in
--- old/configure.in	2012-07-08 14:43:54.333939345 -0500
+++ new/configure.in	2012-07-08 14:39:06.505947046 -0500
@@ -223,6 +223,16 @@
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_MSI, test "x$enable_msi" = "xyes")
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_MONOGETOPTIONS, test "x$has_mono" = "xtrue")
 
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB_2_31,
+  glib-2.0 >= 2.31,
+  HAVE_GLIB_2_31_OR_HIGHER=yes, HAVE_GLIB_2_31_OR_HIGHER=no)
+
+if test "x$HAVE_GLIB_2_31_OR_HIGHER" = "xyes" ; then
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DDISABLE_GTHREAD_CHECK"
+  CSFLAGS="$CSFLAGS -define:DISABLE_GTHREAD_CHECK"
+fi
+
+AC_SUBST(CSFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(CFLAGS)
 
 AC_OUTPUT([
diff -urN old/glib/Thread.cs new/glib/Thread.cs
--- old/glib/Thread.cs	2012-07-08 14:44:51.373937819 -0500
+++ new/glib/Thread.cs	2012-07-08 14:46:02.825935908 -0500
@@ -21,29 +21,42 @@
 
 namespace GLib
 {
-	using System;
-	using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+ using System;
+   using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
-	public class Thread
-	{
-		private Thread () {}
-		
-		[DllImport("libgthread-2.0-0.dll")]
-		static extern void g_thread_init (IntPtr i);
-
-		public static void Init ()
-		{
-			g_thread_init (IntPtr.Zero);
-		}
-
-		[DllImport("glibsharpglue-2")]
-		static extern bool glibsharp_g_thread_supported ();
-
-		public static bool Supported
-		{
-			get {
-				return glibsharp_g_thread_supported ();
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
+        public class Thread
+     {
+               private Thread () {}
+
+#if DISABLE_GTHREAD_CHECK
+               public static void Init ()
+              {
+                       // GLib automatically inits threads in 2.31 and above
+                   // http://developer.gnome.org/glib/unstable/glib-Deprecated-Thread-APIs.html#g-thread-init
+              }
+
+                public static bool Supported {
+                  get { return true; }
+            }
+#else
+          [DllImport("libgthread-2.0-0.dll")]
+             static extern void g_thread_init (IntPtr i);
+
+                public static void Init ()
+              {
+                       g_thread_init (IntPtr.Zero);
+            }
+
+                [DllImport("glibsharpglue-2")]
+          static extern bool glibsharp_g_thread_supported ();
+
+                public static bool Supported
+            {
+                       get {
+                           return glibsharp_g_thread_supported ();
+                 }
+               }
+#endif
+
+        }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff -urN old/glib/glue/thread.c new/glib/glue/thread.c
--- old/glib/glue/thread.c	2012-07-07 18:38:18.693593075 -0500
+++ new/glib/glue/thread.c	2012-07-07 20:19:22.973430852 -0500
@@ -19,14 +19,21 @@
  * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
  */
 
-
+#ifdef DISABLE_GTHREAD_CHECK
+#include <glib.h>
+#else
 #include <glib/gthread.h>
+#endif
 
 gboolean glibsharp_g_thread_supported (void);
 
 gboolean
 glibsharp_g_thread_supported ()
 {
+#ifdef DISABLE_GTHREAD_CHECK
+	return TRUE;
+#else
 	return g_thread_supported ();
+#endif
 }