diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 63756348..07aa1e88 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ You'll need the following dependencies:
 * libgee-0.8-dev
 * libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.44)
 * libgnome-desktop-3-dev
-* libgranite-dev (>= 5.3.0)
+* libgranite-dev (>= 5.4.0)
 * libgtk-3-dev (>= 3.4.0)
 * libmutter-0-dev (>= 3.23.90) | libmutter-dev (>= 3.14.4)
 * libplank-dev (>= 0.10.9)
diff --git a/daemon/Main.vala b/daemon/Main.vala
index 01fc6ab2..bb77c4be 100644
--- a/daemon/Main.vala
+++ b/daemon/Main.vala
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ namespace Gala {
                 }
             });
 
+            var granite_settings = Granite.Settings.get_default ();
+            var gtk_settings = Gtk.Settings.get_default ();
+
+            gtk_settings.gtk_application_prefer_dark_theme = granite_settings.prefers_color_scheme == Granite.Settings.ColorScheme.DARK;
+
+            granite_settings.notify["prefers-color-scheme"].connect (() => {
+                gtk_settings.gtk_application_prefer_dark_theme = granite_settings.prefers_color_scheme == Granite.Settings.ColorScheme.DARK;
+            });
+
             var menu_daemon = new MenuDaemon ();
             menu_daemon.setup_dbus ();
         }
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 69de405f..92361a93 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ gtk_dep = [dependency('gtk+-3.0', version: '>= @0@'.format(gtk_version_required)
 gee_dep = dependency('gee-0.8')
 bamf_dep = dependency('libbamf3')
 plank_dep = dependency('plank', version: '>= @0@'.format(plank_version_required))
-granite_dep = dependency('granite', version: '>= 5.3.0')
+granite_dep = dependency('granite', version: '>= 5.4.0')
 gnome_desktop_dep = dependency('gnome-desktop-3.0')
 gsd_dep = dependency('gnome-settings-daemon', version: '>= @0@'.format(gsd_version_required))
 m_dep = cc.find_library('m', required: false)