diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 988363e..49c1b01 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SDBUSPLUS], [sdbusplus],, [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find sdbusplus...openbmc/sdbusplus package required])])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PHOSPHOR_LOGGING], [phosphor-logging],, [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find phosphor-logging...openbmc/phosphor-logging package required])])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PHOSPHOR_DBUS_INTERFACES], [phosphor-dbus-interfaces],, [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find phosphor-dbus-interfaces...openbmc/phosphor-dbus-interfaces package required])])
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(nlohmann/json.hpp, ,[AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find nlohmann/json.hpp...nlohmann/json package required])])
 
 # Check for sdbus++ tool
 AC_PATH_PROG([SDBUSPLUSPLUS], [sdbus++])