diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5ae5eca..f6f314e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.14.1])
 
 dnl various requisites
+SIGCPP_VERSION=2.0.10
 GTKMM_VERSION=2.8.0
 CAIRO_VERSION=1.0.0
 
@@ -78,12 +79,15 @@ dnl check for gtkmm & cairo
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CAIRO], 
 		[cairo >= $CAIRO_VERSION],
 		:, AC_MSG_ERROR([$CAIRO_PKG_ERRORS]))
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GLIB], 
-		[glibmm-2.4 >= $GTKMM_VERSION],
-		:, AC_MSG_ERROR([$GLIB_PKG_ERRORS]))
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GTHREAD], 
 		[gthread-2.0 >= $GTKMM_VERSION],
 		:, AC_MSG_ERROR([$GTHREAD_PKG_ERRORS]))
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SIGCPP], 
+		[sigc++-2.0 >= $SIGCPP_VERSION],
+		:, AC_MSG_ERROR([$SIGCPP_PKG_ERRORS]))
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GLIBMM], 
+		[glibmm-2.4 >= $GTKMM_VERSION],
+		:, AC_MSG_ERROR([$GLIBMM_PKG_ERRORS]))
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GTKMM], 
 		[gtkmm-2.4 >= $GTKMM_VERSION],
 		:, AC_MSG_ERROR([$GTKMM_PKG_ERRORS]))