diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 03de4b3..f64ccc4 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ def configure(conf):
 
 	conf.check_cfg(atleast_pkgconfig_version='0.26')
 	conf.check_cfg(package='glib-2.0', uselib_store='GLIB', args=['glib-2.0 >= 2.44', '--cflags', '--libs'], mandatory=True)
+	conf.check_cfg(package='gio-unix-2.0', uselib_store='GLIB', args=['--cflags', '--libs'], mandatory=True)
 	conf.check_cfg(package='gobject-2.0', uselib_store='GOBJECT', args=['--cflags', '--libs'], mandatory=True)
 	conf.check_cfg(package='gtk+-3.0', uselib_store='GTK3', args=['gtk+-3.0 >= 3.12', '--cflags', '--libs'], mandatory=True)
 	conf.check_cfg(package='libxml-2.0', uselib_store='XML', args=['--cflags', '--libs'], mandatory=True)