--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     exit 0;
   fi
   VALA_EXAMPLE_PACKAGES="--pkg cairo --pkg memphis-0.2"
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(VALA_EXAMPLE, [glib-2.0, cairo])
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(VALA_EXAMPLE, [glib-2.0 gobject-2.0 cairo])
   AC_SUBST(VALA_EXAMPLE_CFLAGS)
   AC_SUBST(VALA_EXAMPLE_LIBS)
   AC_SUBST(VALA_EXAMPLE_PACKAGES)