diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 243a842bb..f51d8367e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ LIBNOTIFY_REQUIRED_VERSION=0.7.3
 GNOME_DESKTOP_REQUIRED_VERSION=3.5.1
 SCHEMAS_REQUIRED_VERSION=3.3.0
 LIBWACOM_REQUIRED_VERSION=0.5
+CLUTTER_REQUIRED_VERSION=1.11.3
 
 COMMON_MODULES="gtk+-3.0 >= $GTK_REQUIRED_VERSION
  glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED_VERSION
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@ COMMON_MODULES="gtk+-3.0 >= $GTK_REQUIRED_VERSION
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBGNOME_CONTROL_CENTER, $COMMON_MODULES)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBLANGUAGE, $COMMON_MODULES gnome-desktop-3.0 fontconfig)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBSHORTCUTS, $COMMON_MODULES x11)
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SHELL, $COMMON_MODULES libgnome-menu-3.0 gio-unix-2.0 x11 clutter-gtk-1.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SHELL, $COMMON_MODULES libgnome-menu-3.0 gio-unix-2.0 x11 clutter-gtk-1.0 
+                  clutter-1.0 >= $CLUTTER_REQUIRED_VERSION)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(BACKGROUND_PANEL, $COMMON_MODULES libxml-2.0 gnome-desktop-3.0
                   gdk-pixbuf-2.0 >= $GDKPIXBUF_REQUIRED_VERSION)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DATETIME_PANEL, $COMMON_MODULES