diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index f8962ad3..b047caaa 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -263,6 +263,35 @@ PKG_CHECK_EXISTS(
 )
 
 
+dnl Check for Gtk::Window::set_default_icon_name() method
+dnl NOTE:
+dnl The documentation says that set_default_icon_name() is available in gtkmm >= 2.6.
+dnl     gtkmm GTK::Window Class Reference
+dnl     https://developer.gnome.org/gtkmm/3.6/classGtk_1_1Window.html#a533d03e9b92d8ccd142ab3a44005cae4
+dnl However it is not available in RHEL/CentOS 5.9 with gtkmm 2.10.  Therefore a package
+dnl version check isn't sufficient.  Instead perform a more accurate, but slower, compile
+dnl and link a test program check.
+AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])
+CXXFLAGS_save="$CXXFLAGS"
+CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS `pkg-config gtkmm-2.4 --cflags --libs`"
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Gtk::Window::set_default_icon_name method])
+AC_LINK_IFELSE(
+	[AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+		[[#include <gtkmm.h>]],
+		[[Gtk::Window mywindow;
+		  mywindow.set_default_icon_name("myappname");
+		]]
+	)],
+	[AC_DEFINE([HAVE_SET_DEFAULT_ICON_NAME], 1,
+	           [Define to 1 if gtkmm-2.4 provides Gtk::Window::set_default_icon_name() method.])
+	 AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+	],
+	[AC_MSG_RESULT([no])]
+)
+CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS_save"
+AC_LANG_POP([C++])
+
+
 dnl GTKMM 2.16 needed for gtk_show_uri()
 PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([gtkmm-2.4 >= 2.16.0],
   [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_GTK_SHOW_URI], 1, [Define to 1 if you have gtk_show_uri])],
diff --git a/src/Win_GParted.cc b/src/Win_GParted.cc
index 58936580..3e27ddad 100644
--- a/src/Win_GParted.cc
+++ b/src/Win_GParted.cc
@@ -75,14 +75,16 @@ Win_GParted::Win_GParted( const std::vector<Glib::ustring> & user_devices )
 	this ->set_title( _("GParted") );
 	this ->set_default_size( 775, 500 );
 	
+#ifdef HAVE_SET_DEFAULT_ICON_NAME
 	try
 	{
 		this ->set_default_icon_name( "gparted" ) ;
 	}
 	catch ( Glib::Exception & e )
-	{ 
+	{
 		std::cout << e .what() << std::endl ;
-	} 
+	}
+#endif
 	
 	//Pack the main box
 	this ->add( vbox_main );