diff --git a/config.sh b/config.sh
index 55bc9a2ab6b15f91c655a4ab033fcbd6107b83fe..5bd34bb30dec02422855edbf37817f8276840211 100644
--- a/config.sh
+++ b/config.sh
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ find_library() {
name="$1"
pc="$2"
printf "Checking for %s... " "$name"
+ if ! command -v pkg-config >/dev/null
+ then
+ printf "ERROR: pkg-config not found\n"
+ return 1
+ fi
if ! pkg-config "$pc" 2>/dev/null
then
printf "NOT FOUND\n"