diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cb1df03f..c6d33ca9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(COMPOSITOR,
 		  [egl >= 7.10 glesv2 gdk-pixbuf-2.0 >= 2.21.5 libudev >= 136 libdrm >= 2.4.23] xcb-dri2 xcb-xfixes)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLES2, [egl >= 7.10 glesv2 libdrm >= 2.4.23])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CLIENT, [egl >= 7.10 gl cairo >= 1.10.0 gdk-pixbuf-2.0 >= 2.21.5 glib-2.0 gobject-2.0 xkbcommon libdrm >= 2.4.23])
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(POPPLER, [poppler-glib gdk-2.0],
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(POPPLER, [poppler-glib gdk-2.0 gio-2.0],
 			   [have_poppler=yes], [have_poppler=no])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_POPPLER, test "x$have_poppler" = "xyes")