diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 7ee28efad..9b96c73a6 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ qBittorrent - A BitTorrent client in C++ / Qt4
   Dependencies:
     - Qt >= 4.4.0 (libqt-devel, libqtgui, libqtcore, libqtnetwork, libqtxml)
 
+    - pkg-config executable
+
     - libtorrent-rasterbar by Arvid Norberg (>= 0.14.4 REQUIRED, >= v0.15.0 ADVISED)
         -> http://www.libtorrent.net
         Be careful: another library (the one used by rTorrent) uses a similar name.
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ qBittorrent - A BitTorrent client in C++ / Qt4
   Dependencies:
     - Qt >= 4.4.0 (libqt-devel, libqtcore, libqtnetwork)
 
+    - pkg-config executable
+
     - libtorrent-rasterbar by Arvid Norberg (>= 0.14.4 REQUIRED, >= v0.15.0 ADVISED)
         -> http://www.libtorrent.net
         Be careful: another library (the one used by rTorrent) uses a similar name.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d9bcb4de0..f2dd9f649 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -319,6 +319,23 @@ public:
 		
 	}
 };
+#line 1 "pkg-config.qcm"
+/*
+-----BEGIN QCMOD-----
+name: pkg-config
+-----END QCMOD-----
+*/
+#include <QProcess>
+class qc_pkg_config : public ConfObj
+{
+public:
+	qc_pkg_config(Conf *c) : ConfObj(c) {}
+	QString name() const { return "pkg-config executable"; }
+	QString shortname() const { return "pkg-config"; }
+	bool exec(){
+		return !conf->findProgram("pkg-config").isEmpty();
+	}
+};
 #line 1 "libtorrent-rasterbar.qcm"
 /*
 -----BEGIN QCMOD-----
@@ -494,6 +511,9 @@ cat >$1/modules_new.cpp <<EOT
     o = new qc_qt4(conf);
     o->required = true;
     o->disabled = false;
+    o = new qc_pkg_config(conf);
+    o->required = true;
+    o->disabled = false;
     o = new qc_libtorrent_rasterbar(conf);
     o->required = true;
     o->disabled = false;
diff --git a/qbittorrent.qc b/qbittorrent.qc
index 1b35806db..3874ab186 100644
--- a/qbittorrent.qc
+++ b/qbittorrent.qc
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
   <dep type='qt4'>
     <required/>
   </dep>
+  <dep type='pkg-config'>
+    <required/>
+  </dep>
   <dep type='libtorrent-rasterbar'>
     <required/>
   </dep>
diff --git a/qcm/pkg-config.qcm b/qcm/pkg-config.qcm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..287de5a35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qcm/pkg-config.qcm
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+-----BEGIN QCMOD-----
+name: pkg-config
+-----END QCMOD-----
+*/
+#include <QProcess>
+class qc_pkg_config : public ConfObj
+{
+public:
+	qc_pkg_config(Conf *c) : ConfObj(c) {}
+	QString name() const { return "pkg-config executable"; }
+	QString shortname() const { return "pkg-config"; }
+	bool exec(){
+		return !conf->findProgram("pkg-config").isEmpty();
+	}
+};