diff --git a/src/search/internal.h b/src/search/internal.h
index 9a278802e..8bcdadabf 100644
--- a/src/search/internal.h
+++ b/src/search/internal.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ typedef struct mc_search_cond_struct {
     GString *lower;
 #if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 14, 0)
     GRegex *regex_str;
+#else
+    GString *regex_str;
 #endif
     gsize len;
     gchar *charset;
diff --git a/src/search/regex.c b/src/search/regex.c
index 147fcbdb3..f70ca20f6 100644
--- a/src/search/regex.c
+++ b/src/search/regex.c
@@ -209,7 +209,13 @@ mc_search__cond_struct_new_regex_ci_str (const char *charset, const char *str, g
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 static mc_search__found_cond_t
-mc_search__regex_found_cond_one (mc_search_t * mc_search, GRegex * regex, GString * search_str)
+mc_search__regex_found_cond_one (mc_search_t * mc_search,
+#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 14, 0)
+                                 GRegex * regex,
+#else
+                                 GString * regex,
+#endif
+                                 GString * search_str)
 {
 #if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 14, 0)
     GMatchInfo *match_info;