diff --git a/gst/udp/gstudp.c b/gst/udp/gstudp.c
index 66d3f2efaa..eb021122e9 100644
--- a/gst/udp/gstudp.c
+++ b/gst/udp/gstudp.c
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
 static gboolean
 plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
 {
+  /* not using GLIB_CHECK_VERSION on purpose, run-time version matters */
+  if (glib_check_version (2, 36, 0) != NULL) {
+    GST_WARNING ("Your GLib version is < 2.36, UDP multicasting support may "
+        "be broken, see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=688378");
+  }
+
   /* register info of the netaddress metadata so that we can use it from
    * multiple threads right away. Note that the plugin loading is always
    * serialized */