diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1139fe2e62..4827a3b83c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -121,13 +121,16 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GST,
 AC_SUBST(GST_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(GST_CFLAGS)
 
-# glib-sharp and gtk-sharp are currently only needed for the samples
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIBSHARP, glib-sharp-2.0 >= 2.12, have_glibsharp=yes, have_glibsharp=no)
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTKSHARP, gtk-sharp-2.0 >= 2.12, have_gtksharp=yes, have_gtksharp=no)
-AC_SUBST(GLIBSHARP_LIBS)
-AC_SUBST(GTKSHARP_LIBS)
+# glib-sharp and gtk-sharp and mono-cairo are currently only needed for the samples
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB_SHARP, glib-sharp-2.0 >= 2.12, have_glibsharp=yes, have_glibsharp=no)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK_SHARP, gtk-sharp-2.0 >= 2.12, have_gtksharp=yes, have_gtksharp=no)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MONO_CAIRO, mono-cairo, have_monocairo=yes, have_monocairo=no)
+AC_SUBST(GLIB_SHARP_LIBS)
+AC_SUBST(GTK_SHARP_LIBS)
+AC_SUBST(MONO_CAIRO_LIBS)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_GLIB_SHARP, test "x$have_glibsharp" = "xyes")
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_GTK_SHARP, test "x$have_gtksharp" = "xyes")
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_MONO_CAIRO, test "x$have_monocairo" = "xyes")
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_MONODOC, test "x$enable_monodoc" = "xyes")
 
diff --git a/samples/Makefile.am b/samples/Makefile.am
index b6fa410ab8..8486affa06 100644
--- a/samples/Makefile.am
+++ b/samples/Makefile.am
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 TARGETS =
 
 if HAVE_GLIB_SHARP
-TARGETS += playbin-player.exe decodebin-transcoder.exe helloworld.exe typefind.exe metadata.exe appsrc.exe
+TARGETS += playbin-player.exe decodebin-transcoder.exe helloworld.exe typefind.exe metadata.exe
 if HAVE_GTK_SHARP
 TARGETS += gtk-video-player.exe
 endif
+if HAVE_MONO_CAIRO
+TARGETS += appsrc.exe
+endif
 endif
 DEBUGS = $(addsuffix .mdb, $(TARGETS))
 
 all: $(TARGETS) link
 
 assemblies=$(top_builddir)/gstreamer-sharp/gstreamer-sharp.dll
-references=$(addprefix -r:, $(assemblies)) $(GLIBSHARP_LIBS)
+references=$(addprefix -r:, $(assemblies)) $(GLIB_SHARP_LIBS)
 
 playbin-player.exe: $(srcdir)/PlayBinPlayer.cs $(assemblies)
 	$(CSC) -out:$@ $(GLIBSHARP_LIBS) $(references) $(srcdir)/PlayBinPlayer.cs
@@ -35,10 +38,10 @@ mp3launchparse.exe: $(srcdir)/MP3LaunchParse.cs $(assemblies)
 	$(CSC) -out:$@ $(GLIBSHARP_LIBS) $(references) $(srcdir)/MP3LaunchParse.cs
 
 appsrc.exe: $(srcdir)/AppSrc.cs $(assemblies)
-	$(CSC) -out:$@ $(GLIBSHARP_LIBS) $(references) -r:Mono.Cairo.dll $(srcdir)/AppSrc.cs
+	$(CSC) -out:$@ $(GLIBSHARP_LIBS) $(references) $(MONO_CAIRO_LIBS) $(srcdir)/AppSrc.cs
 
 gtk-video-player.exe: $(srcdir)/GtkVideoPlayer.cs $(assemblies)
-	$(CSC) -out:$@ $(GLIBSHARP_LIBS) $(references) $(GTKSHARP_LIBS) $(srcdir)/GtkVideoPlayer.cs
+	$(CSC) -out:$@ $(GLIBSHARP_LIBS) $(references) $(GTK_SHARP_LIBS) $(srcdir)/GtkVideoPlayer.cs
 
 link:
 	ln -sf $(top_builddir)/gstreamer-sharp/gstreamer-sharp.dll gstreamer-sharp.dll