diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0b60837bf4a..757571a9bf0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -578,8 +578,8 @@ xlib)
         GL_PC_LIB_PRIV="$GL_LIB_DEPS"
         GL_PC_CFLAGS="$X11_INCLUDES"
     fi
-    GL_LIB_DEPS="$GL_LIB_DEPS $SELINUX_LIBS -lm -lpthread"
-    GL_PC_LIB_PRIV="$GL_PC_LIB_PRIV $SELINUX_LIBS -lm -lpthread"
+    GL_LIB_DEPS="$GL_LIB_DEPS $SELINUX_LIBS -lm -lpthread $TALLOC_LIBS"
+    GL_PC_LIB_PRIV="$GL_PC_LIB_PRIV $SELINUX_LIBS -lm -lpthread $TALLOC_LIBS"
 
     # if static, move the external libraries to the programs
     # and empty the libraries for libGL