diff --git a/m4/prereq.m4 b/m4/prereq.m4
index b13c70231..7a1ee93ee 100644
--- a/m4/prereq.m4
+++ b/m4/prereq.m4
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([jm_PREREQ],
   AC_REQUIRE([gl_HARD_LOCALE])
   AC_REQUIRE([gl_HASH])
   AC_REQUIRE([gl_HUMAN])
+  AC_REQUIRE([gl_MAKEPATH])
   AC_REQUIRE([gl_MBSWIDTH])
   AC_REQUIRE([gl_MD5])
   AC_REQUIRE([gl_MEMCOLL])