diff --git a/m4/dune_common.m4 b/m4/dune_common.m4
index a92c0116e11c2eff3084d0a8c742a59fa5f2697b..651a23e09dcdece8e674ea763e068ff5d810b3d7 100644
--- a/m4/dune_common.m4
+++ b/m4/dune_common.m4
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([DUNE_COMMON_CHECKS],
   AC_REQUIRE([NULLPTR_CHECK])
   AC_REQUIRE([SHARED_PTR])
   AC_REQUIRE([VARIADIC_TEMPLATES_CHECK])
+  AC_REQUIRE([RVALUE_REFERENCES_CHECK])
   AC_REQUIRE([DUNE_BOOST_BASE])
   AC_REQUIRE([MAKE_SHARED])
   AC_REQUIRE([DUNE_LINKCXX])