diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 893551a4e..99be884eb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ AC_SUBST([SOUND_CFLAGS])
 AC_SUBST([SOUND_LIBS])
 
 if test "x${e_cv_want_wayland_only}" != "xno" ;then
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([WAYLAND], [ecore-wl2 >= 1.18 wayland-server >= 1.11.0 wayland-client >= 1.11.0 wayland-protocols >= 1.10 wayland-scanner >= 1.11.0 xkbcommon uuid],
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([WAYLAND], [ecore-wl2 >= 1.18 wayland-server >= 1.11.0 wayland-client >= 1.11.0 wayland-protocols >= 1.9 wayland-scanner >= 1.11.0 xkbcommon uuid],
     [
       have_wayland=yes
       have_wayland_dep=true
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index cdbf1f964..4753b7944 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ dep_elementary       = dependency('elementary'      , required: true)
 
 dep_wayland = []
 if get_option('wayland') == true
-  wayland_protocols = dependency('wayland-protocols', version: '>= 1.10')
+  wayland_protocols = dependency('wayland-protocols', version: '>= 1.9')
   dir_wayland_protocols = wayland_protocols.get_pkgconfig_variable('pkgdatadir')
   wayland_version = '>= 1.11.0'
   dep_wayland = [ dependency('ecore-wl2'),
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ if get_option('wayland') == true
     requires_drm = 'ecore-drm2'
     dep_wayland += dep_ecore_drm2
   endif
-  requires_wayland = ' '.join([ 'wayland-protocols >= 1.10',
+  requires_wayland = ' '.join([ 'wayland-protocols >= 1.9',
                                 'ecore-wl2',
                                 requires_drm,
                                 ' '.join(['wayland-server' , wayland_version]),