diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6e84203e1..65f7ab6e2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-10-04  Anders Carlsson  <andersca@imendio.com>
+
+	* configure.in: Invoke PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG so $PKG_CONFIG
+	will be set early on.
+
 2005-10-03  Carl Worth  <cworth@cworth.org>
 
 	* NEWS: Add notes for the 1.0.2 release.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a8d1d8107..13c2f1a86 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ LIBS="$LIBS $LIBM"
 
 dnl ===========================================================================
 
+PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
+
+dnl ===========================================================================
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(xlib,
   [  --disable-xlib          Disable cairo's Xlib backend],
   [use_xlib=$enableval], [use_xlib=yes])