diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index aef3109d6c..0ab559f5c6 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1720,7 +1720,12 @@ CFLAGS="$saved_cflags"
 LDFLAGS="$saved_ldflags"
 
 # Pull in gio-unix for GDesktopAppInfo usage, see at least gdkapplaunchcontext-x11.c
-GDK_PACKAGES="$PANGO_PACKAGES gio-unix-2.0 $X_PACKAGES cairo-$cairo_backend"
+if test "x$gdktarget" = "xx11"; then
+  GDK_PACKAGES="$PANGO_PACKAGES gio-unix-2.0 $X_PACKAGES cairo-$cairo_backend"
+else
+  GDK_PACKAGES="$PANGO_PACKAGES $X_PACKAGES cairo-$cairo_backend"
+fi
+
 GDK_DEP_LIBS="$GDK_EXTRA_LIBS `$PKG_CONFIG --libs $GDK_PIXBUF_PACKAGES $GDK_PACKAGES` $GDK_PIXBUF_EXTRA_LIBS"
 GDK_DEP_CFLAGS="`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags  gthread-2.0 $GDK_PIXBUF_PACKAGES $GDK_PACKAGES` $GDK_PIXBUF_EXTRA_CFLAGS $GDK_EXTRA_CFLAGS"
 #