diff --git a/wmud/game.c b/wmud/game.c
index f1908ae..c41a45f 100644
--- a/wmud/game.c
+++ b/wmud/game.c
@@ -116,7 +116,11 @@ wmud_game_init(GThread **game_thread, GMainContext **game_context)
 	g_source_unref(timeout_source);
 
 	g_clear_error(&err);
+#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,32,0)
+	*game_thread = g_thread_new("game", (GThreadFunc)game_thread_func, game_loop);
+#else
 	*game_thread = g_thread_create((GThreadFunc)game_thread_func, game_loop, TRUE, &err);
+#endif
 
 	return TRUE;
 }
diff --git a/wmud/maintenance.c b/wmud/maintenance.c
index b715faa..678d27a 100644
--- a/wmud/maintenance.c
+++ b/wmud/maintenance.c
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ wmud_maintenance_init(void)
 	g_source_attach(timeout_source, maint_context);
 	g_source_unref(timeout_source);
 
+#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,32,0)
 	g_thread_new("maintenance", (GThreadFunc)maint_thread_func, maint_loop);
+#else
+	g_thread_create((GThreadFunc)maint_thread_func, maint_loop, TRUE, NULL);
+#endif
 }