--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 AC_CHECK_PROG(SMIDUMP, smidump, smidump)
 AC_SUBST(SMIDUMP)
 
+PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
+
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SCLI_PLUGIN_PATH, "${pkglibdir}")
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable -Wall])
@@ -33,19 +35,24 @@
 
 dnl Checks for libraries.
 
-AM_PATH_GLIB_2_0(2.0.0, [], AC_MSG_ERROR(scli needs GLIB), gmodule)
-AM_PATH_GNET_2_0(2.0.0, [], AC_MSG_ERROR(scli needs GNET))
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB, glib-2.0 gmodule-2.0 gthread-2.0,[
+	LIBS="$LIBS $GLIB_LIBS"
+	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $GLIB_CFLAGS"
+	], AC_MSG_ERROR(scli needs GLIB))
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNET, gnet-2.0 >= 2.0.0,[
+	LIBS="$LIBS $GNET_LIBS"
+	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $GNET_CFLAGS"
+	], AC_MSG_ERROR(scli needs GNET))
 dnl AM_PATH_GLIB(1.2.0, [], AC_MSG_ERROR(scli needs GLIB), gmodule)
 dnl AM_PATH_GTK(1.2.0, [], AC_MSG_ERROR(scli needs GTK))
-AM_PATH_XML2(2.0.0, [], AC_MSG_ERROR(scli needs libxml2))
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(XML2, libxml-2.0 >= 2.0.0,[
+	LIBS="$LIBS $XML2_LIBS"
+	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $XML2_CFLAGS"
+	], AC_MSG_ERROR(scli needs libxml2))
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GSNMP, gsnmp, have_gsnmp=true, have_gsnmp=false)
 AC_SUBST(GSNMP_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GSNMP_LIBS)
-AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, initscr, [],
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, initscr, [],
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([scli requires curses functions; install curses first])
-  )
-)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ncurses,ncurses,LIBS="$LIBS $ncurses_LIBS",AC_MSG_ERROR([ncurses is required]))
 AC_CHECK_LIB(readline, readline, [],
   AC_MSG_ERROR([scli requires readline functions; install libreadline first])
 )