--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -210,21 +210,20 @@
 dnl Check for Freetype2 usability.
 AC_ARG_WITH(freetype,
 	    AS_HELP_STRING([--with-freetype],[enable Freetype support]))
-AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_FREETYPE_CONFIG, freetype-config, yes)
-if test "x$with_freetype" != "xno" -a "x$HAVE_FREETYPE_CONFIG" = "xyes"; then
-  FREETYPE_INC=`freetype-config --cflags`
+if test "x$with_freetype" != "xno"; then
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([FT2], [freetype2])
   save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
-  CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $FREETYPE_INC"
+  CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $FT2_CFLAGS"
   AC_CHECK_HEADER(ft2build.h, HAVE_FREETYPE=yes,
   			      HAVE_FREETYPE=no CPPFLAGS="$save_CPPFLAGS")
   if test "x$HAVE_FREETYPE" = "xyes" ; then
     save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-    LIBS="$LIBS `freetype-config --libs`"
+    LIBS="$LIBS $FT2_LIBS"
     AC_CHECK_LIB(freetype, FT_Init_FreeType, HAVE_FREETYPE=yes,
     			   		     HAVE_FREETYPE=no)
     LIBS="$save_LIBS"
     if test "x$HAVE_FREETYPE" = "xyes"; then
-      FREETYPE_LD_FLAGS=`freetype-config --libs`
+      FREETYPE_LD_FLAGS=$FT2_LIBS
       AC_DEFINE(HAVE_FREETYPE, 1, 
 		[Define to 1 if you have FreeType library and header file.])
       M17N_EXT_LIBS="$M17N_EXT_LIBS freetype"