diff --git a/wmframepic/configure.ac b/wmframepic/configure.ac
index a4308f7..5e90103 100644
--- a/wmframepic/configure.ac
+++ b/wmframepic/configure.ac
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 
 AC_PROG_CC
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([Xlib], [x11])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libXpm], [xpm])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([argtable], [argtable2])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/wmframepic/src/Makefile.am b/wmframepic/src/Makefile.am
index 7e913c2..5ccbb90 100644
--- a/wmframepic/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/wmframepic/src/Makefile.am
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ draw_text.c \
 arg_parser.c \
 arg_parser.h
 
-wmframepic_CPPFLAGS = 
-wmframepic_CFLAGS = $(X_CFLAGS)
-wmframepic_LDFLAGS = $(X_LIBS)
 
-wmframepic_LDADD = $(X_PRE_LIBS) -lX11 -lXpm -largtable2 $(X_EXTRA_LIBS)
- 
+AM_CFLAGS = $(Xlib_CFLAGS) $(libXpm_CFLAGS) $(argtable_CFLAGS)
+LIBS += $(Xlib_LIBS) $(libXpm_LIBS) $(argtable_LIBS)