diff --git a/build_files/cmake/Modules/FindPCRE.cmake b/build_files/cmake/Modules/FindPCRE.cmake
index 1fd56dc1234..c0a0d48e5fe 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/Modules/FindPCRE.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/Modules/FindPCRE.cmake
@@ -34,7 +34,17 @@ SET(_pcre_SEARCH_DIRS
   /opt/local # DarwinPorts
 )
 
+if (NOT WIN32)
+  # use pkg-config to get the directories and then use these values
+  # in the FIND_PATH() and FIND_LIBRARY() calls
+  find_package(PkgConfig)
+  pkg_check_modules(PCRE libpcre)
+endif (NOT WIN32)
+
 FIND_PATH(PCRE_INCLUDE_DIR pcre.h
+  PATHS
+    ${PCRE_INCLUDEDIR}
+    ${PCRE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   HINTS
     ${_pcre_SEARCH_DIRS}
   PATH_SUFFIXES
@@ -44,6 +54,9 @@ FIND_PATH(PCRE_INCLUDE_DIR pcre.h
 FIND_LIBRARY(PCRE_LIBRARY
   NAMES
     pcre
+  PATHS
+    ${PCRE_LIBDIR}
+    ${PCRE_LIBRARY_DIRS}
   HINTS
     ${_pcre_SEARCH_DIRS}
   PATH_SUFFIXES