diff --git a/legacy/ecore/configure.ac b/legacy/ecore/configure.ac
index 0de4e51e98..d34bd1d329 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/ecore/configure.ac
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ want_glib="no"
 
 # core modules
 want_ecore_data="yes"
-want_ecore_txt="no"
+want_ecore_txt="yes"
 want_ecore_con="no"
 want_ecore_ipc="no"
 want_ecore_file="yes"