diff --git a/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index f3dfb85..caccbd0 100644
--- a/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -27,3 +27,20 @@ tde_setup_largefiles( )
 if( WITH_GCC_VISIBILITY )
   tde_setup_gcc_visibility( )
 endif( WITH_GCC_VISIBILITY )
+
+
+# check for tdehwlib
+tde_save_and_set( CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES "${TDE_INCLUDE_DIR}" )
+check_cxx_source_compiles( "
+  #include <kdemacros.h>
+    #ifndef __TDE_HAVE_TDEHWLIB
+    #error tdecore is not build with tdehwlib
+    #endif
+    int main() { return 0; } "
+  HAVE_TDEHWLIB
+)
+tde_restore( CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES )
+if( NOT HAVE_TDEHWLIB )
+  tde_message_fatal( "tdehwlib is required, but not built in tdecore" )
+endif( NOT HAVE_TDEHWLIB )
+set( TDEHW_LIBRARIES "tdehw-shared" )
diff --git a/tdenetworkmanager/src/CMakeLists.txt b/tdenetworkmanager/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 94b6a73..3533be4 100644
--- a/tdenetworkmanager/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tdenetworkmanager/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,5 +77,6 @@ tde_add_tdeinit_executable( tdenetworkmanager AUTOMOC
     tdenetman-vpnauthenticationdialog.cpp
     vpn_tray_component.cpp
   EMBED tdenetwork-connection-configwidgets-static #tdenetwork-connection-settings-static
-  LINK tdecore-shared tdeui-shared tdeutils-shared ${DBUS_TQT_LIBRARIES}
+	LINK tdecore-shared tdeui-shared tdeutils-shared ${TDEHW_LIBRARIES} ${DBUS_TQT_LIBRARIES}
+
 )