diff -up cogl-1.7.6/configure.ac.cogl-deps cogl-1.7.6/configure.ac
--- cogl-1.7.6/configure.ac.cogl-deps	2011-08-18 19:24:36.401394406 -0400
+++ cogl-1.7.6/configure.ac	2011-08-18 19:24:54.271427526 -0400
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ AM_PATH_GLIB_2_0([glib_req_version],
                  [gobject gthread gmodule-no-export])
 AS_IF([test "x$have_glib" = "xno"], AC_MSG_ERROR([glib-2.0 is required]))
 
-COGL_PKG_REQUIRES="$COGL_PKG_REQUIRES glib-2.0"
+COGL_PKG_REQUIRES="$COGL_PKG_REQUIRES glib-2.0 gobject-2.0 gmodule-2.0"
 AC_SUBST(COGL_PKG_REQUIRES)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(COGL_DEP, [$COGL_PKG_REQUIRES])
 if test -n "$COGL_PKG_REQUIRES_GL"; then