diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a121c06e..f0629038 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ AC_DEFINE(API_VERSION, 9, api version)
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
-AM_PATH_CPPUNIT(1.9.6)
 
 AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
@@ -36,18 +35,12 @@ if test "x$ax_cv_ncursesw" != xyes && test "x$ax_cv_ncurses" != xyes; then
    AC_MSG_ERROR([requires either NcursesW or Ncurses library])
 fi
 
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $CURSES_CFLAGS"
-CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $CURSES_CFLAGS"
-LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $CURSES_LIB $LIBS"
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CPPUNIT], [cppunit],, [no_cppunit="yes"])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([DEPENDENCIES], [libcurl >= 7.15.4 libtorrent >= 0.13.6])
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libcurl], libcurl >= 7.15.4,
-	          CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $libcurl_CFLAGS";
-		  LIBS="$LIBS $libcurl_LIBS")
-
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libtorrent], libtorrent >= 0.13.6,
-	          CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $libtorrent_CFLAGS";
-		  LIBS="$LIBS $libtorrent_LIBS",
-		  [AC_MSG_ERROR([libtorrent >= 0.13.6 not found. Install from https://github.com/rakshasa/libtorrent.git])])
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $CPPUNIT_CFLAGS $DEPENDENCIES_CFLAGS $CURSES_CFLAGS"
+CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $CPPUNIT_CFLAGS $DEPENDENCIES_CFLAGS $CURSES_CFLAGS"
+LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $CURSES_LIB $CPPUNIT_LIBS $DEPENDENCIES_LIBS $LIBS"
 
 AC_LANG_PUSH(C++)
 TORRENT_WITH_XMLRPC_C