diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c275b1d..6dad3da 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@
             [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find fifo_map.hpp])])
 
        AX_PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBPLDM], [libpldm])]
+       PKG_CHECK_MODULES([FMT], [fmt])
 )
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([dont-send-pels-to-host],