diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7d41812..27501c1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
+AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, dlopen)
+
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile HBAAPI.pc])
 AC_OUTPUT