diff -p -up freealut-1.1.0/configure.ac.orig freealut-1.1.0/configure.ac
--- freealut-1.1.0/configure.ac.orig	2008-08-01 22:18:00.000000000 -0300
+++ freealut-1.1.0/configure.ac	2008-08-01 22:18:31.000000000 -0300
@@ -83,7 +83,10 @@ AC_DEFINE([ALUT_BUILD_LIBRARY], [1], [De
 
 # Checks for libraries. (not perfect yet)
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([pthread_self], [pthread])
-AC_SEARCH_LIBS([alGetError], [openal32 openal])
+
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(openal,openal)
+AC_SUBST(openal_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(openal_LIBS)
 
 ################################################################################
 # Checks for header files.
diff -p -up freealut-1.1.0/src/Makefile.am.orig freealut-1.1.0/src/Makefile.am
--- freealut-1.1.0/src/Makefile.am.orig	2008-08-01 22:20:21.000000000 -0300
+++ freealut-1.1.0/src/Makefile.am	2008-08-01 22:22:27.000000000 -0300
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+OPENAL_LIBS = @openal_LIBS@
+OPENAL_CFLAGS = @openal_CFLAGS@
+
 # The following files should be in our source distribution in addition to the
 # standard ones included by automake itself:
 EXTRA_DIST = helloworld.wav README
@@ -20,7 +23,7 @@ libalut_la_SOURCES =		\
 	alutWaveform.c
 
 # We use sin and floor, so we might need -lm, autoconf takes care of this.
-libalut_la_LIBADD = $(LIBM)
+libalut_la_LIBADD = $(LIBM) $(OPENAL_LIBS)
 
 # The following libtool flag is neccessary for building DLLs on Windows.
 libalut_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined
@@ -29,4 +32,4 @@ libalut_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined
 libalut_la_LDFLAGS += -version-info @VERSIONINFO@
 
 # Specifying the following path is needed to find <AL/alut.h>.
-libalut_la_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include
+libalut_la_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include $(OPENAL_CFLAGS)