diff --git a/legacy/eet/configure.ac b/legacy/eet/configure.ac
index 4f91427c66..5dbc9290ec 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/eet/configure.ac
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ case "$host_os" in
 esac
 AC_SUBST(EFL_EET_BUILD)
 
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(EINA, [eina >= 1.2.0])
+requirement_eet="eina >= 1.2.0 ${requirement_eet}"
+
 # Exotic library for copilation on Coyote
 
 PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([exotic],
diff --git a/legacy/eet/src/examples/Makefile.am b/legacy/eet/src/examples/Makefile.am
index 343fbedc4b..6c5a324323 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/src/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/eet/src/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -5,30 +5,31 @@ examplesdir = $(datadir)/$(PACKAGE)/examples
 if BUILD_EXAMPLES
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 -I. \
--I$(top_srcdir)/src/lib
+-I$(top_srcdir)/src/lib \
+@EINA_CFLAGS@
 
 examples_PROGRAMS = eet_basic eet_file eet_data_simple eet_data_nested eet_data_file_descriptor_01 eet_data_file_descriptor_02 eet_data_cipher_decipher
 
 eet_basic_SOURCES = eet-basic.c
-eet_basic_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/lib/libeet.la
+eet_basic_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/lib/libeet.la @EINA_LIBS@
 
 eet_file_SOURCES = eet-file.c
-eet_file_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/lib/libeet.la
+eet_file_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/lib/libeet.la @EINA_LIBS@
 
 eet_data_simple_SOURCES = eet-data-simple.c
-eet_data_simple_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/lib/libeet.la
+eet_data_simple_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/lib/libeet.la @EINA_LIBS@
 
 eet_data_nested_SOURCES = eet-data-nested.c
-eet_data_nested_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/lib/libeet.la
+eet_data_nested_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/lib/libeet.la @EINA_LIBS@
 
 eet_data_file_descriptor_01_SOURCES = eet-data-file_descriptor_01.c
-eet_data_file_descriptor_01_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/lib/libeet.la
+eet_data_file_descriptor_01_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/lib/libeet.la @EINA_LIBS@
 
 eet_data_file_descriptor_02_SOURCES = eet-data-file_descriptor_02.c
-eet_data_file_descriptor_02_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/lib/libeet.la
+eet_data_file_descriptor_02_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/lib/libeet.la @EINA_LIBS@
 
 eet_data_cipher_decipher_SOURCES = eet-data-cipher_decipher.c
-eet_data_cipher_decipher_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/lib/libeet.la
+eet_data_cipher_decipher_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/lib/libeet.la @EINA_LIBS@
 
 endif