diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3fdabb0..378621a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ include_directories(${FONTFORGE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 link_directories(${FONTFORGE_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 set(PDF2HTMLEX_LIBS ${PDF2HTMLEX_LIBS} ${FONTFORGE_LIBRARIES})
 
+# add glib dependency
+pkg_check_modules(GLIB REQUIRED glib-2.0)
+include_directories(${GLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+link_directories(${GLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+set(PDF2HTMLEX_LIBS ${PDF2HTMLEX_LIBS} ${GLIB_LIBRARIES})
+
 # debug build flags (overwrite default cmake debug flags)
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "-ggdb -pg")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-ggdb -pg")