diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ff3ba54..51cc165 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@
         [Could not find ipmiblob...openbmc/ipmi-blob-tool package required])
     ]
 )
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(
+    [PCILIB],
+    [libpci],
+    [],
+    [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find libpci... pciutils package required])]
+)
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(
     [blobs-ipmid],
     [AC_MSG_ERROR(["phosphor-ipmi-blobs required and not found."])]
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index d8a593d..d86d365 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 burn_my_bmc_CXXFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir) $(CODE_COVERAGE_CXXFLAGS)
 
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libupdater.la
-libupdater_la_LDFLAGS = -static $(CODE_COVERAGE_LIBS) $(IPMIBLOB_LIBS)
-libupdater_la_CXXFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir) $(CODE_COVERAGE_CXXFLAGS) $(IPMIBLOB_CFLAGS)
+libupdater_la_LDFLAGS = -static $(CODE_COVERAGE_LIBS) $(IPMIBLOB_LIBS) $(PCILIB_LIBS)
+libupdater_la_CXXFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir) $(CODE_COVERAGE_CXXFLAGS) $(IPMIBLOB_CFLAGS) $(PCILIB_CFLAGS)
 libupdater_la_SOURCES = \
 	updater.cpp \
 	bt.cpp \