diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b3ffbe240..42ae4e52d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ audio/audio.o audio/fmodaudio.o: QEMU_CFLAGS += $(FMOD_CFLAGS)
 
 QEMU_CFLAGS+=$(CURL_CFLAGS)
 
+QEMU_CFLAGS+=$(GLIB_CFLAGS)
+
 ui/cocoa.o: ui/cocoa.m
 
 ui/sdl.o audio/sdlaudio.o ui/sdl_zoom.o baum.o: QEMU_CFLAGS += $(SDL_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index c43ed05c8..55d18bbbe 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -376,3 +376,4 @@ vl.o: QEMU_CFLAGS+=$(GPROF_CFLAGS)
 
 vl.o: QEMU_CFLAGS+=$(SDL_CFLAGS)
 
+vl.o: QEMU_CFLAGS+=$(GLIB_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index e20a313b9..cde509ba7 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ QEMU_CFLAGS += $(VNC_TLS_CFLAGS)
 QEMU_CFLAGS += $(VNC_SASL_CFLAGS)
 QEMU_CFLAGS += $(VNC_JPEG_CFLAGS)
 QEMU_CFLAGS += $(VNC_PNG_CFLAGS)
+QEMU_CFLAGS += $(GLIB_CFLAGS)
 
 # xen support
 obj-$(CONFIG_XEN) += xen-all.o xen_machine_pv.o xen_domainbuild.o xen-mapcache.o
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e57efb179..c0c8fdf60 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1802,6 +1802,18 @@ EOF
   fi
 fi
 
+##########################################
+# glib support probe
+if $pkg_config --modversion gthread-2.0 gio-2.0 > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    glib_cflags=`$pkg_config --cflags gthread-2.0 gio-2.0 2>/dev/null`
+    glib_libs=`$pkg_config --libs gthread-2.0 gio-2.0 2>/dev/null`
+    libs_softmmu="$glib_libs $libs_softmmu"
+    libs_tools="$glib_libs $libs_tools"
+else
+    echo "glib-2.0 required to compile QEMU"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 ##########################################
 # pthread probe
 PTHREADLIBS_LIST="-lpthread -lpthreadGC2"
@@ -2849,6 +2861,7 @@ if test "$bluez" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_BLUEZ=y" >> $config_host_mak
   echo "BLUEZ_CFLAGS=$bluez_cflags" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
+echo "GLIB_CFLAGS=$glib_cflags" >> $config_host_mak
 if test "$xen" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_XEN_BACKEND=y" >> $config_host_mak
   echo "CONFIG_XEN_CTRL_INTERFACE_VERSION=$xen_ctrl_version" >> $config_host_mak