diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 99f69cb28..9de55c471 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([gles],
             [glesversion=$with_gles])
 
 # base dependencies for core
-CLUTTER_BASE_PC_FILES="cogl-1.0 cairo-gobject >= $CAIRO_REQ_VERSION atk >= $ATK_REQ_VERSION pangocairo >= $PANGO_REQ_VERSION json-glib-1.0 >= $JSON_GLIB_REQ_VERSION"
+CLUTTER_BASE_PC_FILES="cogl-1.0 >= $COGL_REQ_VERSION cairo-gobject >= $CAIRO_REQ_VERSION atk >= $ATK_REQ_VERSION pangocairo >= $PANGO_REQ_VERSION json-glib-1.0 >= $JSON_GLIB_REQ_VERSION"
 
 # backend specific pkg-config files
 BACKEND_PC_FILES=""