diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 6b4da94..88edc6a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ NAUTILUS_REQUIRED=2.21.2
 EEL_REQUIRED=2.6.0
 LIBGNOME_DESKTOP_REQUIRED=2.9.91
 GLIB_REQUIRED=2.4.0
+GNOMEVFS_REQUIRED=2.0
 
 AC_PROG_CC
 AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ fi
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(NAUTILUS, libnautilus-extension >= $NAUTILUS_REQUIRED glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GCONF, gconf-2.0)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNOMEDESKTOP, gnome-desktop-2.0 >= $LIBGNOME_DESKTOP_REQUIRED)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNOMEVFS, gnome-vfs-2.0 >= $GNOMEVFS_REQUIRED)
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB_RECENT, glib-2.0 >= 2.13.3,
                   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GLIB_DESKTOP_DIR_API, 1, [g_get_user_special_dir() support]),
@@ -42,6 +44,9 @@ AC_SUBST(NAUTILUS_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(GCONF_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GCONF_LIBS)
 
+AC_SUBST(GNOMEVFS_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(GNOMEVFS_LIBS)
+
 AC_SUBST(GNOMEDESKTOP_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GNOMEDESKTOP_LIBS)
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 3161190..f25795a 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ INCLUDES =						\
 	$(DISABLE_DEPRECATED_CFLAGS)			\
 	$(NAUTILUS_CFLAGS)				\
 	$(GCONF_CFLAGS)					\
+	$(GNOMEVFS_CFLAGS)				\
 	$(GNOMEDESKTOP_CFLAGS)
 
 nautilus_extensiondir=$(NAUTILUS_EXTENSION_DIR)