diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5f3dd86..09c400a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -499,8 +499,8 @@ fi
 
 # check for Glib 2.0 compile CFLAGS
 if $pkgconfig --exists glib-2.0; then
-    GLIB_CFLAGS=`$pkgconfig --cflags glib-2.0`
-    GLIB_LIBS=`$pkgconfig --libs glib-2.0`
+    GLIB_CFLAGS=`$pkgconfig --cflags glib-2.0 gthread-2.0`
+    GLIB_LIBS=`$pkgconfig --libs glib-2.0 gthread-2.0`
     GLIB_VERSION=`$pkgconfig --modversion glib-2.0`
 else
     echo "GLIB 2.0 environment not found"