diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4f25864..475c680 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ glib_req='glib-2.0 >= 2.6.0 gthread-2.0 >= 2.6.0 gobject-2.0 >= 2.6.0'
 gsf_req='libgsf-1 >= 1.14.18'
 gsf_gio_req='libgsf-1 >= 1.14.9'
 wv_req='wv-1.0 >= 1.2.0'
-goffice_req='libgoffice-0.10 >= 0.10.12'
+goffice_req='libgoffice-0.10 >= 0.10.0'
 xslt_req='libxslt'
 xp_pkgs="
   ${fribidi_req}
diff --git a/plugins/mathview/plugin.m4 b/plugins/mathview/plugin.m4
index 1bffdae..4ca16ce 100644
--- a/plugins/mathview/plugin.m4
+++ b/plugins/mathview/plugin.m4
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 lasem=
 
+PKG_CHECK_EXISTS(libgoffice-0.10 >= 0.10.12, , [enable_mathview=no])
+
 if test "$enable_mathview" != ""; then
   dnl Only 0.4.1, or later will work
   for ver in 0.6 0.4 ; do