diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bbc4cf8705..ffaeb4cda3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -495,6 +495,8 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(BASE_DEPENDENCIES,
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CAIRO_BACKEND, [$cairo_backends])
 
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GMODULE, [gmodule-2.0])
+
 if test "$os_win32" != yes; then
     # libtool option to control which symbols are exported
     # right now, symbols starting with _ are not exported
diff --git a/gtk/Makefile.am b/gtk/Makefile.am
index 231902f119..85c3b71f88 100644
--- a/gtk/Makefile.am
+++ b/gtk/Makefile.am
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ endif
 endif
 
 gtk_query_immodules_3_0_DEPENDENCIES = $(DEPS)
-gtk_query_immodules_3_0_LDADD = $(LDADDS)
+gtk_query_immodules_3_0_LDADD = $(LDADDS) $(GMODULE_LIBS)
 gtk_query_immodules_3_0_SOURCES = queryimmodules.c
 
 if BUILD_ICON_CACHE