diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e7b9f44..23e07ff 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
     [AM_CONDITIONAL(AUTOCONF_CODE_COVERAGE_2019_01_06, [false])])
 AX_ADD_AM_MACRO_STATIC([])
 
+AX_PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SDBUSPLUS], [sdbusplus])
+
 # Check/set gtest specific functions.
 AX_PTHREAD([GTEST_CPPFLAGS="-DGTEST_HAS_PTHREAD=1"],[GTEST_CPPFLAGS="-DGTEST_HAS_PTHREAD=0"])
 AC_SUBST(GTEST_CPPFLAGS)