diff --git a/protocols/spice/Makefile.am b/protocols/spice/Makefile.am
index ee1ec68b..ff135e0c 100644
--- a/protocols/spice/Makefile.am
+++ b/protocols/spice/Makefile.am
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ noinst_HEADERS =                \
     include/client.h            \
     include/guac_handlers.h
 
-libguac_client_spice_la_CFLAGS = -Werror -Wall -pedantic -Iinclude
+libguac_client_spice_la_CFLAGS = -Werror -Wall -pedantic -Iinclude @SPICE_CLIENT_GLIB_CFLAGS@
+libguac_client_spice_la_LIBADD = @SPICE_CLIENT_GLIB_LIBS@
 libguac_client_spice_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 0:0:0
 
 EXTRA_DIST = LICENSE
diff --git a/protocols/spice/configure.in b/protocols/spice/configure.in
index 65185e93..c8a61154 100644
--- a/protocols/spice/configure.in
+++ b/protocols/spice/configure.in
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 AC_CHECK_LIB([guac], [guac_client_plugin_open],, AC_MSG_ERROR("libguac must be installed first"))
 AC_CHECK_LIB([cairo], [cairo_create],, AC_MSG_ERROR("cairo is required for drawing instructions"))
 AC_CHECK_LIB([pthread], [pthread_create])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SPICE_CLIENT_GLIB], [spice-client-glib-2.0])
 
 # Checks for header files.
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([guacamole/client.h guacamole/guacio.h guacamole/protocol.h])