diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 48ab6acae..f0fe559f1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNOME_SHELL, gio-unix-2.0 >= $GIO_MIN_VERSION
 			       libgnome-menu-3.0 >= $GNOME_MENUS_REQUIRED_VERSION
                                $recorder_modules
                                gdk-x11-3.0 libsoup-2.4
+                               xtst
 			       clutter-x11-1.0 >= $CLUTTER_MIN_VERSION
 			       clutter-glx-1.0 >= $CLUTTER_MIN_VERSION
                                libstartup-notification-1.0 >= $STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_MIN_VERSION