diff --git a/qahw/configure.ac b/qahw/configure.ac
index c87447e..04fde19 100644
--- a/qahw/configure.ac
+++ b/qahw/configure.ac
@@ -29,6 +29,22 @@
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 
+AC_ARG_WITH([glib],
+      AC_HELP_STRING([--with-glib],
+         [enable glib, Build against glib. Use this when building for HLOS systems which use glib]))
+
+if (test "x${with_glib}" = "xyes"); then
+        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTHREAD, gthread-2.0 >= 2.16, dummy=yes,
+                                AC_MSG_ERROR(GThread >= 2.16 is required))
+        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB, glib-2.0 >= 2.16, dummy=yes,
+                                AC_MSG_ERROR(GLib >= 2.16 is required))
+        GLIB_CFLAGS="$GLIB_CFLAGS $GTHREAD_CFLAGS"
+        GLIB_LIBS="$GLIB_LIBS $GTHREAD_LIBS"
+
+        AC_SUBST(GLIB_CFLAGS)
+        AC_SUBST(GLIB_LIBS)
+fi
+
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([ \
         Makefile
         ])