diff --git a/giblib/configure.ac b/giblib/configure.ac
index 6807d86..376c228 100644
--- a/giblib/configure.ac
+++ b/giblib/configure.ac
@@ -17,14 +17,7 @@ AM_SANITY_CHECK
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 AM_WITH_DMALLOC
 
-AC_PATH_GENERIC(imlib2, 1.0.0, [
-  AC_SUBST(IMLIB_LIBS)
-  AC_SUBST(IMLIB_CFLAGS) ],
-  AC_MSG_ERROR(Cannot find imlib2: Is imlib2-config in the path?) )
-
-dnl the above doesn't work for some reason :/
-IMLIB_LIBS=`imlib2-config --libs`
-IMLIB_CFLAGS=`imlib2-config --cflags`
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([IMLIB],[imlib2],[],[AC_MSG_ERROR(imlib2 is required)])
 AC_SUBST(IMLIB_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(IMLIB_CFLAGS)