diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7eac592..eb68ad2 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -94,15 +94,15 @@ LIBS="$LIBS $Xext_lib"
 
 dnl Imlib2 detection
 
-AC_PATH_GENERIC(imlib2, , [
-    AC_SUBST(IMLIB_LIBS)
-   AC_SUBST(IMLIB_CXXFLAGS) ],
-  AC_MSG_ERROR(Cannot find imlib2: Is imlib2-config in the path?
-               You need Imlib2 to build Idesk.  Verify that you have Imlib2-dev))
+# AC_PATH_GENERIC(imlib2, , [
+#     AC_SUBST(IMLIB_LIBS)
+#    AC_SUBST(IMLIB_CXXFLAGS) ],
+#   AC_MSG_ERROR(Cannot find imlib2: Is imlib2-config in the path?
+#                You need Imlib2 to build Idesk.  Verify that you have Imlib2-dev))
 
 dnl the above doesn't work for some reason :/
-IMLIB_LIBS=`imlib2-config --libs`
-IMLIB_CFLAGS=`imlib2-config --cflags`
+IMLIB_LIBS=`pkg-config --libs imlib2`
+IMLIB_CFLAGS=`pkg-config --cflags imlib2`
 AC_SUBST(IMLIB_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(IMLIB_CXXFLAGS)