diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d0c99dd55..b4d5afe51 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNOME_SHELL, gio-unix-2.0 >= $GIO_MIN_VERSION
                                gjs-internals-1.0 >= $GJS_MIN_VERSION
 			       libgnome-menu-3.0 $recorder_modules
                                gdk-x11-3.0 libsoup-2.4
+                               gl
 			       clutter-x11-1.0 >= $CLUTTER_MIN_VERSION
 			       clutter-glx-1.0 >= $CLUTTER_MIN_VERSION
                                libstartup-notification-1.0 >= $STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_MIN_VERSION