diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d7bfd70..7cb1ad4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ esac
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GMODULE,gmodule-2.0,[GMODULE_ADD="gmodule-2.0"],[GMODULE_ADD=""])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PLUMA, [
 	libxml-2.0 >= 2.5.0
-	glib-2.0 >= 2.36.0
+	glib-2.0 >= 2.32.0
 	$GMODULE_ADD
 	gthread-2.0 >= 2.13.0
 	gio-2.0 >= 2.26.0
diff --git a/pluma/pluma.c b/pluma/pluma.c
index 9e52bb9..9166a74 100644
--- a/pluma/pluma.c
+++ b/pluma/pluma.c
@@ -555,6 +555,15 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	gchar *dir;
 	gchar *icon_dir;
 
+	/* Init type system as soon as possible */
+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 36, 0)
+	g_type_init ();
+#endif
+
+	/* Init glib threads asap */
+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 32, 0)
+	g_thread_init (NULL);
+#endif
 
 	/* Setup debugging */
 	pluma_debug_init ();
diff --git a/tests/document-input-stream.c b/tests/document-input-stream.c
index 2da42d9..930912e 100644
--- a/tests/document-input-stream.c
+++ b/tests/document-input-stream.c
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ test_consecutive_multibyte_big_read ()
 int main (int   argc,
           char *argv[])
 {
+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 36, 0)
+	g_type_init ();
+#endif
 	g_test_init (&argc, &argv, NULL);
 
 	g_test_add_func ("/document-input-stream/empty", test_empty);
diff --git a/tests/document-loader.c b/tests/document-loader.c
index 25721ba..a3e6a57 100644
--- a/tests/document-loader.c
+++ b/tests/document-loader.c
@@ -238,6 +238,9 @@ test_begin_new_line_detection ()
 int main (int   argc,
           char *argv[])
 {
+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 36, 0)
+	g_type_init ();
+#endif
 	g_test_init (&argc, &argv, NULL);
 
 	pluma_prefs_manager_app_init ();
diff --git a/tests/document-output-stream.c b/tests/document-output-stream.c
index 8c9f6de..b6a474e 100644
--- a/tests/document-output-stream.c
+++ b/tests/document-output-stream.c
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ test_big_char ()
 int main (int   argc,
           char *argv[])
 {
+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 36, 0)
+	g_type_init ();
+#endif
 	g_test_init (&argc, &argv, NULL);
 
 	pluma_prefs_manager_app_init ();
diff --git a/tests/document-saver.c b/tests/document-saver.c
index 455ef65..707e098 100644
--- a/tests/document-saver.c
+++ b/tests/document-saver.c
@@ -687,6 +687,9 @@ int main (int   argc,
 	gboolean have_unowned;
 	gboolean have_unowned_group;
 
+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 36, 0)
+	g_type_init ();
+#endif
 	g_test_init (&argc, &argv, NULL);
 
 	pluma_prefs_manager_app_init ();
diff --git a/tests/smart-converter.c b/tests/smart-converter.c
index 58403ab..4f22c68 100644
--- a/tests/smart-converter.c
+++ b/tests/smart-converter.c
@@ -341,6 +341,9 @@ test_guessed ()
 int main (int   argc,
           char *argv[])
 {
+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 36, 0)
+	g_type_init ();
+#endif
 	g_test_init (&argc, &argv, NULL);
 
 	g_test_add_func ("/smart-converter/utf8-utf8", test_utf8_utf8);