--- configure.ac.orig
+++ configure.ac
@@ -1912,16 +1912,19 @@ if test "$enable_snmp" != "" -a "$enable_snmp" != "no"
 dnl check Net-SNMP library
 dnl ------------------
 if test "$enable_snmp" != "" -a "$enable_snmp" != "no"; then
+   PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SNMP], [netsnmp-agent], [
+     dnl all set, nothing to do
+   ], [
    AC_PATH_TOOL([NETSNMP_CONFIG], [net-snmp-config], [no])
    if test "$NETSNMP_CONFIG" = "no"; then
-      AC_MSG_ERROR([--enable-snmp given but unable to find net-snmp-config])
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([--enable-snmp given but unable to find netsnmp-agent pkgconfig or net-snmp-config])
    fi
    SNMP_LIBS="`${NETSNMP_CONFIG} --agent-libs`"
    SNMP_CFLAGS="`${NETSNMP_CONFIG} --base-cflags`"
    # net-snmp lists all of its own dependencies.  we absolutely do not want that
    # among other things we avoid a GPL vs. OpenSSL license conflict here
    for removelib in crypto ssl sensors pci wrap; do
-     SNMP_LIBS="`echo $SNMP_LIBS | sed -e 's/\(^\|\s\)-l'$removelib'\b/ /g' -e 's/\(^\|\s\)\([^\s]*\/\)\?lib'$removelib'\.[^\s]\+\b/ /g'`"
+     SNMP_LIBS="`echo $SNMP_LIBS | sed -e 's/-l'$removelib'/ /g'`"
    done
    AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether we can link to Net-SNMP])
    AC_LINK_IFELSE_FLAGS([$SNMP_CFLAGS], [$SNMP_LIBS], [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([
@@ -1933,7 +1936,8 @@ int main(void);
 }
 ])], [
      AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-     AC_MSG_ERROR([--enable-snmp given but not usable])])
+     AC_MSG_ERROR([SNMP libraries found but failed to link])])
+   ])
    case "${enable_snmp}" in
      yes)
       SNMP_METHOD=agentx