diff -Naur cutter-1.8.0-orig/src/Cutter.pro cutter-1.8.0/src/Cutter.pro
--- cutter-1.8.0-orig/src/Cutter.pro	2019-03-27 12:14:42.436446303 -0400
+++ cutter-1.8.0/src/Cutter.pro	2019-03-27 12:16:26.971448895 -0400
@@ -118,10 +118,6 @@
 # Libraries
 include(lib_radare2.pri)
 
-!win32 {
-    CONFIG += link_pkgconfig
-}
-
 CUTTER_ENABLE_PYTHON {
     win32 {
         PYTHON_EXECUTABLE = $$system("where python", lines)
@@ -140,10 +136,13 @@
             LIBS += -F$$PYTHON_FRAMEWORK_DIR -framework Python
             DEFINES += MACOS_PYTHON_FRAMEWORK_BUNDLED
         } else {
-            !packagesExist(python3) {
-                error("ERROR: Python 3 could not be found. Make sure it is available to pkg-config.")
+            system(type python3-config) {
+                LIBS += $$system(python3-config --libs)
+                TMP = $$system(python3-config --includes)
+                INCLUDEPATH += $$replace(TMP, "-I", "")
+            } else {
+                error("ERROR: Python 3 could not be found. Make sure it is available to python3-config.")
             }
-            PKGCONFIG += python3
         }
     }