diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 137dd8f..16db336 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ m4_define([gtksourceview_required_version], [3.19.4])
 m4_define([ggit_required_version], [0.23.7])
 m4_define([pygobject_required_version], [3.19.3])
 m4_define([libxml_required_version], [2.9.0])
+m4_define([pangoft2_required_version], [1.38.0])
 m4_define([peas_required_version], [1.17.0])
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(EGG,      [glib-2.0 >= glib_required_version
@@ -173,7 +174,8 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBIDE,   [gio-2.0 >= glib_required_version
                              gtksourceview-3.0 >= gtksourceview_required_version
                              libgit2-glib-1.0 >= ggit_required_version
                              libpeas-1.0 >= peas_required_version
-                             libxml-2.0 >= libxml_required_version])
+                             libxml-2.0 >= libxml_required_version
+                             pangoft2 >= pangoft2_required_version])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(NAUTILUS, [glib-2.0 >= glib_required_version
                              gtk+-3.0 >= gtk_required_version])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PYGOBJECT,[pygobject-3.0 >= pygobject_required_version],
