diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 171be541ea..9ae7400ed7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -121,10 +121,12 @@ GLIB_REQUIRED_VERSION=glib_required_version
 GDK_PIXBUF_REQUIRED_VERSION=gdk_pixbuf_required_version
 GTK_REQUIRED_VERSION=gtk_required_version
 CAIRO_REQUIRED_VERSION=cairo_required_version
+GEGL_REQUIRED_VERSION=gegl_required_version
 AC_SUBST(GLIB_REQUIRED_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(GDK_PIXBUF_REQUIRED_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(GTK_REQUIRED_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(CAIRO_REQUIRED_VERSION)
+AC_SUBST(GEGL_REQUIRED_VERSION)
 
 # The symbol GIMP_UNSTABLE is defined above for substitution in
 # Makefiles and conditionally defined here as a preprocessor symbol
diff --git a/gimp.pc.in b/gimp.pc.in
index 8609a775b7..eca9650fab 100644
--- a/gimp.pc.in
+++ b/gimp.pc.in
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ gimplocaledir=@gimplocaledir@
 Name: GIMP
 Description: GIMP Library
 Version: @GIMP_REAL_VERSION@
-Requires: gdk-pixbuf-2.0 >= @GDK_PIXBUF_REQUIRED_VERSION@ cairo >= @CAIRO_REQUIRED_VERSION@
+Requires: gdk-pixbuf-2.0 >= @GDK_PIXBUF_REQUIRED_VERSION@ cairo >= @CAIRO_REQUIRED_VERSION@ gegl >= @GEGL_REQUIRED_VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lgimp-@GIMP_API_VERSION@ -lgimpmath-@GIMP_API_VERSION@  -lgimpconfig-@GIMP_API_VERSION@ -lgimpcolor-@GIMP_API_VERSION@ -lgimpbase-@GIMP_API_VERSION@ @RT_LIBS@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/gimp-@GIMP_API_VERSION@