diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 919d7faa8c39f7b3f02d898af75e18fc166f0d74..d411549d712acb77f205d86342680053ff0b73be 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2819,6 +2819,14 @@ fi
 LKT_ARCH=`arch`
 if test $? -ne 0 ; then LKT_ARCH=`uname -m` ; fi
 
+# Set the PKG_CONFIG_PATH to some default folders if not done by the
+# distribution (Manjaro again...)
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/share/pkgconfig
+if test "${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:0:1}" = ":" ; then
+    PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:1}"
+    export PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+fi
+
 LKT_PATH_SOURCE="$(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))"
 LKT_PATH_BUILD="$(pwd)"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d116756a95c100caf1cd786a73c7110b1f3dfafa..23b0f51079878898f92dbb41067b0a6f8e157a6b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ AC_PATH_PROG([TEST_SQLITE], [sqlite3],      [:])
 LKT_ARCH=`arch`
 if test $? -ne 0 ; then LKT_ARCH=`uname -m` ; fi
 
+# Set the PKG_CONFIG_PATH to some default folders if not done by the
+# distribution (Manjaro again...)
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/share/pkgconfig
+if test "${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:0:1}" = ":" ; then
+    PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:1}"
+    export PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+fi
+
 LKT_PATH_SOURCE="$(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))"
 LKT_PATH_BUILD="$(pwd)"
 AC_SUBST([LKT_PATH_SOURCE])