diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5c056f51ba..623c30e219 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ EOF
             kvm_cflags="$kvm_cflags -I$kerneldir/arch/$cpu/include"
       fi
   else
-      kvm_cflags=""
+    kvm_cflags=`pkg-config --cflags kvm-kmod 2> /dev/null`
   fi
   if compile_prog "$kvm_cflags" "" ; then
     kvm=yes