diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index fad77d1..726507e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -37,10 +37,9 @@
 
 ncsi_netlink_LDFLAGS = \
         $(PHOSPHOR_LOGGING_LIBS) \
-		-lnl-3 \
-		-lnl-genl-3
+		$(LIBNL_LIBS)
 
-ncsi_netlink_CPPFLAGS = -isystem /usr/include/libnl3
+ncsi_netlink_CPPFLAGS = $(LIBNL_CFLAGS)
 ncsi_netlink_CXXFLAGS = -flto
 
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7035723..8870fcd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 AC_PATH_PROG([SDBUSPLUSPLUS], [sdbus++])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PHOSPHOR_LOGGING], [phosphor-logging])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PHOSPHOR_DBUS_INTERFACES], [phosphor-dbus-interfaces])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBNL], [libnl-3.0 libnl-genl-3.0])
 
 # Checks for header files.
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(systemd/sd-bus.h, ,\