diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5f3511a5e..44705dd72 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ AS_IF([test -z "$use_consolekit"], [use_consolekit="yes"])
 # output
 session_tracking=
 if test "$use_systemd_logind" = "yes"; then
-	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SYSTEMD_LOGIND, [libsystemd], , [PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SYSTEMD_LOGIN, [libsystemd-login])])
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SYSTEMD_LOGIND, [libsystemd-login], , [PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SYSTEMD_LOGIN, [libsystemd])])
 	AC_SUBST(SYSTEMD_LOGIN_CFLAGS)
 	AC_SUBST(SYSTEMD_LOGIN_LIBS)
 	AC_DEFINE([SESSION_TRACKING_SYSTEMD], 1, [Define to 1 if libsystemd-login is available])