diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ade5b8ae3034a73b1b358ea7ad30fc20a56f248..6d1dcf35ea755bece4c729fa57c41ad7e338f38a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ pkg_check_modules(SDL2_IMAGE SDL2_image REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(DBUS_CPP dbus-cpp REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(DBUS dbus-1 REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(LXC lxc REQUIRED)
+pkg_check_modules(PROPERTIES_CPP properties-cpp REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(MIRCLIENT mirclient)
 if (MIRCLIENT_FOUND)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DMIR_SUPPORT")
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 60817e41800da49dd36c245ed152ac9ea310148a..3fb6a7e06d3a3dbbd7088538fa86c6aeedac209a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ include_directories(
   ${DBUS_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${SDL2_IMAGE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+  ${PROPERTIES_CPP_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${LXC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${MIRCLIENT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}