diff --git a/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index 717147f..7a7bafe 100644
--- a/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -25,6 +25,23 @@ if( WITH_GCC_VISIBILITY )
 endif( WITH_GCC_VISIBILITY )
 
 
+# check for tdehwlib
+tde_save_and_set( CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES "${TDE_INCLUDE_DIR}" )
+check_cxx_source_compiles( "
+  #include <kdemacros.h>
+    #ifndef __TDE_HAVE_TDEHWLIB
+    #error tdecore is not build with tdehwlib
+    #endif
+    int main() { return 0; } "
+  HAVE_TDEHWLIB
+)
+tde_restore( CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES )
+if( NOT HAVE_TDEHWLIB )
+  tde_message_fatal( "tdehwlib is required, but not built in tdecore" )
+endif( NOT HAVE_TDEHWLIB )
+set( TDEHW_LIBRARIES "tdehw-shared" )
+
+
 ##### check for tdeldap
 
 find_library( HAVE_LIBTDELDAP tdeldap )
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 220fe55..0935337 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ tde_add_executable( ${PROJECT_NAME} AUTOMOC
      tdecore-shared
      tdeui-shared
      tdeio-shared
+     ${TDEHW_LIBRARIES}
      ${LIBTDELDAP_LIBRARIES}
      ${KRB5_LIBRARIES}
- 
+
   DESTINATION ${BIN_INSTALL_DIR}
 )