diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9cad903..363733d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
 	  [AC_ERROR([cairo-egl not used because $CAIRO_EGL_PKG_ERRORS])])],
   [have_cairo_egl=no])
 
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PANGO, [pangocairo], [have_pango=yes], [have_pango=no])
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PANGO, [pangocairo pango glib-2.0 >= 2.36], [have_pango=yes], [have_pango=no])
 fi
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(resize-optimization,