diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7fb93d5..ebd6a70 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@
     [],
     [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find phosphor-logging...openbmc/phosphor-logging package required])]
 )
-AC_CHECK_HEADER(
-    [host-ipmid],
-    [AC_MSG_ERROR(["phosphor-host-ipmid required and not found."])]
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(
+    [LIBIPMID],
+    [libipmid],
+    [],
+    [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find libipmid...openbmc/phosphor-host-ipmid package required])]
 )
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(
     experimental/filesystem,