diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 952fcda..aee00f0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Initialization
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 AC_INIT([phosphor-hwmon], [1.0], [https://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-hwmon/issues])
+AC_LANG([C++])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects -Wall -Werror foreign dist-xz])
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
@@ -12,13 +13,15 @@
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 
 # Checks for libraries.
-
-# Checks for header files.
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SYSTEMD], [libsystemd >= 221])
 
 # Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
 AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_14([noext])
 AX_APPEND_COMPILE_FLAGS([-fpic -Wall -Werror], [CXXFLAGS])
 
+# Checks for header files.
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(sdbusplus/server.hpp, ,[AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find sdbusplus/server.hpp...sdbusplus developement package required])])
+
 # Checks for library functions.
 LT_INIT([shared])