diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 219b4ff..fbd2865 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ fi
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GIO], gio-2.0)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GLIB], glib-2.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GTHREAD], gthread-2.0)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SQLITE3], sqlite3)
 
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile src/Makefile)
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 9f09cea..9850d16 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	gboolean need_ipv4_socket = TRUE;
 	GSocketListener *game_listener;
 
+	g_thread_init();
 	g_type_init();
 
 	g_print("Starting up...\n");