diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 55768ed72..5ec4021c1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNOME_SHELL, gio-2.0 >= $GIO_MIN_VERSION
                                libmutter >= $MUTTER_MIN_VERSION
                                gjs-internals-1.0 >= $GJS_MIN_VERSION
 			       libgnome-menu $recorder_modules gconf-2.0
-                               gdk-x11-3.0
+                               gdk-x11-3.0 libsoup-2.4
 			       clutter-x11-1.0 >= $CLUTTER_MIN_VERSION
 			       clutter-glx-1.0 >= $CLUTTER_MIN_VERSION
                                libstartup-notification-1.0 >= $STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_MIN_VERSION
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index dafb50fe4..51bc1ac8b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ libgnome_shell_la_LIBADD =		\
 libgnome_shell_la_CPPFLAGS = $(gnome_shell_cflags)
 
 Shell-0.1.gir: libgnome-shell.la St-1.0.gir
-Shell_0_1_gir_INCLUDES = Clutter-1.0 ClutterX11-1.0 Meta-3.0 TelepathyGLib-0.12 TelepathyLogger-0.2
+Shell_0_1_gir_INCLUDES = Clutter-1.0 ClutterX11-1.0 Meta-3.0 TelepathyGLib-0.12 TelepathyLogger-0.2 Soup-2.4
 Shell_0_1_gir_CFLAGS = $(libgnome_shell_la_CPPFLAGS) -I $(srcdir)
 Shell_0_1_gir_LIBS = libgnome-shell.la
 Shell_0_1_gir_FILES = $(libgnome_shell_la_gir_sources)
diff --git a/tools/build/gnome-shell.modules b/tools/build/gnome-shell.modules
index 6b4f53cc5..52867f3c0 100644
--- a/tools/build/gnome-shell.modules
+++ b/tools/build/gnome-shell.modules
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@
         <dep package="telepathy-glib"/>
         <dep package="telepathy-logger"/>
         <dep package="upower"/>
+        <dep package="libsoup"/>
     </dependencies>
   </autotools>