diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 06dde05667..775cb69dce 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-07-14  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	Bug 542853 – jasper test fails due to incomplete library arguments
+
+	* configure.in: Add -ljpeg when checking for jasper.
+	Reported by Mike Calmus
+
 2008-07-14  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
 	* gtk/Makefile.am: Add some missing stock-icons. Noticed by Marek 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 8c55debb6c..a5e1ca097e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ dnl Test for libpng
 
 dnl Test for libjasper
   if test x$with_libjasper != xno && test -z "$LIBJASPER"; then
-    AC_CHECK_LIB(jasper, jas_init, LIBJASPER=-ljasper, [])
+    AC_CHECK_LIB(jasper, jas_init, LIBJASPER=-ljasper, [], -ljpeg)
   fi
 
   if test x$with_libjasper != xno && test -z "$LIBJASPER"; then