diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fe99aed75..6e77f1889 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ MUTTER_PC_MODULES="
    xcomposite >= 0.2 xfixes xrender xdamage xi >= 1.6.0
    $CLUTTER_PACKAGE >= 1.15.94
    cogl-1.0 >= 1.13.3
-   upower-glib > 0.9.11
+   upower-glib >= 0.99.0
    gnome-desktop-3.0
 "
 
diff --git a/src/core/monitor-config.c b/src/core/monitor-config.c
index 8fcd49608..ddda53a1a 100644
--- a/src/core/monitor-config.c
+++ b/src/core/monitor-config.c
@@ -99,8 +99,9 @@ static gboolean meta_monitor_config_assign_crtcs (MetaConfiguration  *config,
                                                   GPtrArray          *crtcs,
                                                   GPtrArray          *outputs);
 
-static void     power_client_changed_cb (UpClient *client,
-                                         gpointer  user_data);
+static void     power_client_changed_cb (UpClient   *client,
+                                         GParamSpec *pspec,
+                                         gpointer    user_data);
 
 static void
 free_output_key (MetaOutputKey *key)
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ meta_monitor_config_init (MetaMonitorConfig *self)
   self->up_client = up_client_new ();
   self->lid_is_closed = up_client_get_lid_is_closed (self->up_client);
 
-  g_signal_connect_object (self->up_client, "changed",
+  g_signal_connect_object (self->up_client, "notify::lid-is-closed",
                            G_CALLBACK (power_client_changed_cb), self, 0);
 }
 
@@ -1335,8 +1336,9 @@ turn_off_laptop_display (MetaMonitorConfig  *self,
 }
 
 static void
-power_client_changed_cb (UpClient *client,
-                         gpointer  user_data)
+power_client_changed_cb (UpClient   *client,
+                         GParamSpec *pspec,
+                         gpointer    user_data)
 {
   MetaMonitorManager *manager = meta_monitor_manager_get ();
   MetaMonitorConfig *self = user_data;