diff --git a/magicpoint/configure.in b/magicpoint/configure.in

index d9fec44..65973ce 100644

--- a/magicpoint/configure.in

+++ b/magicpoint/configure.in

@@ -502,11 +502,10 @@ fi

 AC_ARG_WITH(m17n-lib, [  --with-m17n-lib         use the m17n library])

 if test "x$with_m17n_lib" = "xyes"; then

-	AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_M17NLIB, m17n-config, yes)

-	if test "x$HAVE_M17NLIB" = "xyes"; then

+	if type pkg-config > /dev/null 2>&1; then

+		LIBS="$LIBS `pkg-config --libs m17n-gui`"

+		OPTFLAGS="$OPTFLAGS `pkg-config --cflags m17n-gui`"

 		AC_DEFINE(USE_M17N)

-		OPTFLAGS="$OPTFLAGS `m17n-config X --cflags`"

-		LIBS="$LIBS `m17n-config X --libs` -lm17n-core"

 	fi

 fi