diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8b2ab18ec..d5fb4ceda 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ CAIRO_ENABLE_SURFACE_BACKEND(glesv3, OpenGLESv3, no, [
 
 dnl ===========================================================================
 CAIRO_ENABLE_SURFACE_BACKEND(cogl, Cogl, no, [
-  cogl_REQUIRES="cogl-2.0-experimental"
+  cogl_REQUIRES="cogl-2.0-experimental, cogl-path-2.0-experimental"
   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(cogl, $cogl_REQUIRES,, [use_cogl="no"])
 ])