diff --git a/libgit2-sys/build.rs b/libgit2-sys/build.rs
index dadc6c82d1..81fb8638e1 100644
--- a/libgit2-sys/build.rs
+++ b/libgit2-sys/build.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fn main() {
     // To use zlib-ng in zlib-compat mode, we have to build libgit2 ourselves.
     if !zlib_ng_compat {
         let mut cfg = pkg_config::Config::new();
-        if let Ok(lib) = cfg.atleast_version("1.0.0").probe("libgit2") {
+        if let Ok(lib) = cfg.atleast_version("1.1.0").probe("libgit2") {
             for include in &lib.include_paths {
                 println!("cargo:root={}", include.display());
             }