diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c9d1f06f7..cc24c4a43 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([cgmanager],
 	[], [enable_cgmanager=auto])
 
 if test "x$enable_cgmanager" = "xauto" ; then
-	AC_CHECK_LIB([cgmanager],[cgmanager_create],[enable_cgmanager=yes],[enable_cgmanager=no])
+	AC_CHECK_LIB([cgmanager],[cgmanager_create],[enable_cgmanager=yes],[enable_cgmanager=no],[-lnih -lnih-dbus])
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_CGMANAGER], [test "x$enable_cgmanager" = "xyes"])