diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0d9e24fd2..4da64d276 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(JS_NewGlobalObject XFixesCreatePointerBarrier)
 CFLAGS=$saved_CFLAGS
 LIBS=$saved_LIBS
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNOME_SHELL_JS, glib-2.0 gjs-internals-1.0 >= $GJS_MIN_VERSION)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNOME_SHELL_JS, gio-2.0 gjs-internals-1.0 >= $GJS_MIN_VERSION)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ST, clutter-1.0 gtk+-3.0 libcroco-0.6 >= 0.6.2 gnome-desktop-3.0 >= 2.90.0 x11)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(TRAY, gtk+-3.0)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GVC, libpulse libpulse-mainloop-glib gobject-2.0)