diff --git a/lasso/utils.h b/lasso/utils.h
index 4766420e..6fe5d02c 100644
--- a/lasso/utils.h
+++ b/lasso/utils.h
@@ -372,4 +372,11 @@
 /* Get a printable extract for error messages */
 char* lasso_safe_prefix_string(const char *str, gsize length);
 
+/* GLIB bacward-compatibility */
+#if (GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION == 2 && GLIB_MINOR_VERSION < 16)
+int     g_strcmp0                       (const char     *str1,
+                                         const char     *str2);
+#endif
+
+
 #endif /* __LASSO_UTILS_H__ */
diff --git a/tests/login_tests.c b/tests/login_tests.c
index d33c03f5..eec03584 100644
--- a/tests/login_tests.c
+++ b/tests/login_tests.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include <lasso/lasso.h>
 #include <glib.h>
+#include "utils.h"
 
 
 static char*