diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0d6550cc28580b3397303229c0c716a4c06bfc2e..af127c049eea1c66d8954debdcf8efde24d32760 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -832,6 +832,7 @@ plugin_require(slicing,from_analysis)
 plugin_require(slicing,pdg)
 plugin_require(slicing,eva)
 plugin_require(slicing,callgraph)
+plugin_require(slicing,sparecode)
 plugin_use(slicing,gui)
 
 # spare code