diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f030599..05234a0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PHOSPHOR_LOGGING], [phosphor-logging])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SDBUSPLUS], [sdbusplus])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PHOSPHOR_DBUS_INTERFACES], [phosphor-dbus-interfaces])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBIPMID], [libipmid])
 AC_CHECK_LIB([mapper], [mapper_get_service], ,[AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find libmapper...openbmc/phosphor-objmgr package required])])
 
 # Checks for header files.
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(systemd/sd-bus.h, ,[AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find systemd/sd-bus.h...systemd development package required])])
-AC_CHECK_HEADER(host-ipmid/ipmid-api.h, ,[AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find host-ipmid/ipmid-api.h...openbmc/phosphor-host-ipmid package required])])
 
 # Checks for library functions.
 LT_INIT([dlopen disable-static shared])