diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4f191b28..07ffdd41 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -310,8 +310,8 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(m,hypot,[AC_DEFINE(HAVE_HYPOT,1,[have hypot() in libm.])])
 
 # have to have these
 # need glib 2.6 for GOption
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(REQUIRED, glib-2.0 >= 2.6 gmodule-2.0 libxml-2.0)
-PACKAGES_USED="$PACKAGES_USED glib-2.0 libxml-2.0 gmodule-2.0"
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(REQUIRED, glib-2.0 >= 2.6 gmodule-2.0 libxml-2.0 gobject-2.0)
+PACKAGES_USED="$PACKAGES_USED glib-2.0 libxml-2.0 gmodule-2.0 gobject-2.0"
 
 # after 2.32 there are a new set of thread functions, annoyingly
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(THREADS, glib-2.0 >= 2.32,[