diff --git a/contrib/plugins/execlog.c b/contrib/plugins/execlog.c
index a1dfd59ab7..fab18113d4 100644
--- a/contrib/plugins/execlog.c
+++ b/contrib/plugins/execlog.c
@@ -311,6 +311,24 @@ static Register *init_vcpu_register(qemu_plugin_reg_descriptor *desc)
     return reg;
 }
 
+/*
+ * g_pattern_match_string has been deprecated in Glib since 2.70 and
+ * will complain about it if you try to use it. Fortunately the
+ * signature of both functions is the same making it easy to work
+ * around.
+ */
+static inline
+gboolean g_pattern_spec_match_string_qemu(GPatternSpec *pspec,
+                                          const gchar *string)
+{
+#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 70, 0)
+    return g_pattern_spec_match_string(pspec, string);
+#else
+    return g_pattern_match_string(pspec, string);
+#endif
+};
+#define g_pattern_spec_match_string(p, s) g_pattern_spec_match_string_qemu(p, s)
+
 static GPtrArray *registers_init(int vcpu_index)
 {
     g_autoptr(GPtrArray) registers = g_ptr_array_new();
@@ -327,8 +345,8 @@ static GPtrArray *registers_init(int vcpu_index)
             for (int p = 0; p < rmatches->len; p++) {
                 g_autoptr(GPatternSpec) pat = g_pattern_spec_new(rmatches->pdata[p]);
                 g_autofree gchar *rd_lower = g_utf8_strdown(rd->name, -1);
-                if (g_pattern_match_string(pat, rd->name) ||
-                    g_pattern_match_string(pat, rd_lower)) {
+                if (g_pattern_spec_match_string(pat, rd->name) ||
+                    g_pattern_spec_match_string(pat, rd_lower)) {
                     Register *reg = init_vcpu_register(rd);
                     g_ptr_array_add(registers, reg);
 
@@ -336,7 +354,7 @@ static GPtrArray *registers_init(int vcpu_index)
                     if (disas_assist) {
                         g_mutex_lock(&add_reg_name_lock);
                         if (!g_ptr_array_find(all_reg_names, reg->name, NULL)) {
-                            g_ptr_array_add(all_reg_names, reg->name);
+                            g_ptr_array_add(all_reg_names, (gpointer)reg->name);
                         }
                         g_mutex_unlock(&add_reg_name_lock);
                     }