diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a52ac3a78..ac5cf03f4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([localtime_r])
 AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct tm.tm_gmtoff],,,[#include <time.h>])
 dnl sqlite3 is needed for newer ipod models (nano5g), and libplist is needed 
 dnl by libgpod sqlite code
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBGPOD, glib-2.0 >= 2.8.0 gobject-2.0 sqlite3 libplist >= 1.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBGPOD, glib-2.0 >= 2.8.0 gmodule-2.0 gobject-2.0 sqlite3 libplist >= 1.0)
 
 dnl **************************************************
 dnl we've copied gchecksum from glib 2.16. Only use the