diff --git a/src/hb-mutex-private.hh b/src/hb-mutex-private.hh
index f9bd679f2..8efd27efe 100644
--- a/src/hb-mutex-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-mutex-private.hh
@@ -67,12 +67,21 @@ typedef pthread_mutex_t hb_mutex_impl_t;
 #elif !defined(HB_NO_MT) && defined(HAVE_GLIB)
 
 #include <glib.h>
+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,32,0)
 typedef GStaticMutex hb_mutex_impl_t;
 #define HB_MUTEX_IMPL_INIT	G_STATIC_MUTEX_INIT
 #define hb_mutex_impl_init(M)	g_static_mutex_init (M)
 #define hb_mutex_impl_lock(M)	g_static_mutex_lock (M)
 #define hb_mutex_impl_unlock(M)	g_static_mutex_unlock (M)
 #define hb_mutex_impl_finish(M)	g_static_mutex_free (M)
+#else
+typedef GMutex hb_mutex_impl_t;
+#define HB_MUTEX_IMPL_INIT	{0}
+#define hb_mutex_impl_init(M)	g_mutex_init (M)
+#define hb_mutex_impl_lock(M)	g_mutex_lock (M)
+#define hb_mutex_impl_unlock(M)	g_mutex_unlock (M)
+#define hb_mutex_impl_finish(M)	g_mutex_clear (M)
+#endif
 
 
 #elif !defined(HB_NO_MT) && defined(HAVE_INTEL_ATOMIC_PRIMITIVES)