diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -22,9 +22,15 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/server/distrend.c]
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 
 AC_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+
+PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG(0.17.2)
+
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DISTLIBS, libconfuse >= 2.6)
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
 src/Makefile
+src/common/Makefile
 src/server/Makefile
 src/client/Makefile
 ])