diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dd61cc8558..57b0053eaf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1273,6 +1273,7 @@
     AC_CHECK_HEADERS([pcap.h pcap/pcap.h pcap/bpf.h])
 
     LIBPCAP=""
+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PCAP],libpcap,[CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} ${PCAP_CFLAGS}" LIBS="${LIBS} ${PCAP_LIBS}"],[:])
     AC_CHECK_LIB(${PCAP_LIB_NAME}, pcap_open_live,, LIBPCAP="no")
     if test "$LIBPCAP" = "no"; then
         echo