diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 734ac99..d98de89 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOCTRL, libosmoctrl >= 0.11.0)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOGSM, libosmogsm >= 0.11.0)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBMNL, libmnl)
+dnl FIXME: bump to 1.10.0 once it's available on build slaves and remove workaround from osysmon_ping.c
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOPING, liboping >= 1.9.0)
 
 dnl checks for header files
 AC_HEADER_STDC