diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a565b4c..211e723 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([OPENPOWER_DBUS_INTERFACES], [openpower-dbus-interfaces],,\
     AC_MSG_ERROR(["Requires openpower-dbus-interfaces package."]))
 
+# Check for sdbusplus
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SDBUSPLUS], [sdbusplus],, [AC_MSG_ERROR(["sdbusplus packaged required and not found"])])
+
+# Check for sdbus++ tool
+AC_PATH_PROG([SDBUSPLUSPLUS], [sdbus++])
+AS_IF([test "x$SDBUSPLUSPLUS" == "x"], AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find sdbus++]))
+
 # Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
 AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_14([noext])
 AX_APPEND_COMPILE_FLAGS([-Wall -Werror], [CXXFLAGS])