diff --git a/srcpkgs/libappindicator/template b/srcpkgs/libappindicator/template
index aea3a8752fd..11fc6f6d152 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libappindicator/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libappindicator/template
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ checksum=d5907c1f98084acf28fd19593cb70672caa0ca1cf82d747ba6f4830d4cc3b49f
 # idea of app indicators in taskbars.
 CFLAGS="-Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-error=incompatible-pointer-types"
 
+# Avoid errors for macros deprecated since glib-2.58 */
+CFLAGS+=" -DGLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=GLIB_VERSION_2_56 -DGLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=GLIB_VERSION_2_56"
+
+
 pre_configure() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		sed -i 's:^py_prefix=`:py_prefix='"$XBPS_CROSS_BASE"'`:' configure