diff --git a/common/configure.in b/common/configure.in
index f5c04c1..f3dcf9b 100644
--- a/common/configure.in
+++ b/common/configure.in
@@ -44,12 +44,19 @@
   fi
 fi
 
+dnl Checks for IRIX-specific Compression Library.
+AC_CHECK_LIB(cl, clQuerySchemeFromName,
+  [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CL)
+  PLATFORM_CXXSRCS="$PLATFORM_CXXSRCS IrixCLJpegCompressor.cxx"
+  LIBS="$LIBS -lcl"])
+
 dnl Checks for IRIX-specific Digital Media libraries.
 AC_CHECK_LIB(dmedia, dmICCreate,
   [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_DMEDIA)
   PLATFORM_CXXSRCS="$PLATFORM_CXXSRCS IrixDMJpegCompressor.cxx"
   PLATFORM_CXXSRCS="$PLATFORM_CXXSRCS IrixDMIC_RawToJpeg.cxx"
   LIBS="$LIBS -ldmedia"])
+
 AC_SUBST(PLATFORM_CXXSRCS)
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(installed-zlib,