diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 97f2afd..798942c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ testsuite_SOURCES = tests/test.c
 # CFLAGS and -l options that are retrieved from pkg-config (configure.ac)
 # DEPS_CFLAGS and DEPS_LIBS are filled by PKG_CHECK_MODULES (configure.ac)
 
-testsuite_CFLAGS = $(DEPS_CFLAGS) # DEPS_* are filled by PKG_CHECK_MODULES 
-testsuite_LDADD = $(DEPS_LIBS)     # in configure.ac
+testsuite_CFLAGS = $(GLIB_CFLAGS) # DEPS_* are filled by PKG_CHECK_MODULES 
+testsuite_LDADD = $(GLIB_LIBS)     # in configure.ac
 
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b7b4660..ef5d695 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 AC_INIT([FULL-PACKAGE-NAME], [VERSION], [BUG-REPORT-ADDRESS])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
+AM_PATH_GLIB_2_0
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects]) # Does not require NEWS, COPYING, AUTHORS, ChangeLog or README
 
 # silent make https://autotools.io/automake/silent.html
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER([stdlib.h])
 # it's going to link against glib2.0.
 # The required CFLAGS and -l options are available as DEPS_CFLAGS
 # and DEPS_LIBS in Makefile.am
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([DEPS], [glib-2.0 >= 2.24.1]) 
+# PKG_CHECK_MODULES([DEPS], [glib-2.0 >= 2.24.1]) 
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
 GLIB_TESTS