diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 75c0939..2e1ca4d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -51,24 +51,28 @@ jobs:
             compiler: gcc -m32
             cross_compile: i686-linux-gnu
             variant: i386
+            pkg_config_path: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkgconfig
 
           - container: "debian:stable"
             arch: i386
             compiler: gcc -m32
             cross_compile: i686-linux-gnu
             variant: i386
+            pkg_config_path: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkgconfig
 
           - container: "debian:bookworm"
             arch: i386
             compiler: gcc -m32
             cross_compile: i686-linux-gnu
             variant: i386
+            pkg_config_path: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkgconfig
 
           - container: "debian:buster"
             arch: i386
             compiler: gcc -m32
             cross_compile: i686-linux-gnu
             variant: i386
+            pkg_config_path: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkgconfig
 
           # Debian cross compilation builds
           - container: "debian:testing"
@@ -76,48 +80,56 @@ jobs:
             compiler: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc
             cross_compile: arm-linux-gnueabi
             variant: cross-compile
+            pkg_config_path: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabi/pkgconfig
 
           - container: "debian:testing"
             arch: arm64
             compiler: aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc
             cross_compile: aarch64-linux-gnu
             variant: cross-compile
+            pkg_config_path: /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig
 
           - container: "debian:testing"
             arch: ppc64el
             compiler: powerpc64le-linux-gnu-gcc
             cross_compile: powerpc64le-linux-gnu
             variant: cross-compile
+            pkg_config_path: /usr/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/pkgconfig
 
           - container: "debian:testing"
             arch: s390x
             compiler: s390x-linux-gnu-gcc
             cross_compile: s390x-linux-gnu
             variant: cross-compile
+            pkg_config_path: /usr/lib/s390x-linux-gnu/pkgconfig
 
           - container: "debian:stable"
             arch: armel
             compiler: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc
             cross_compile: arm-linux-gnueabi
             variant: cross-compile
+            pkg_config_path: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabi/pkgconfig
 
           - container: "debian:stable"
             arch: arm64
             compiler: aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc
             cross_compile: aarch64-linux-gnu
             variant: cross-compile
+            pkg_config_path: /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig
 
           - container: "debian:stable"
             arch: ppc64el
             compiler: powerpc64le-linux-gnu-gcc
             cross_compile: powerpc64le-linux-gnu
             variant: cross-compile
+            pkg_config_path: /usr/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/pkgconfig
 
           - container: "debian:stable"
             arch: s390x
             compiler: s390x-linux-gnu-gcc
             cross_compile: s390x-linux-gnu
             variant: cross-compile
+            pkg_config_path: /usr/lib/s390x-linux-gnu/pkgconfig
 
     container:
       image: ${{ matrix.container }}
@@ -127,6 +139,7 @@ jobs:
         CROSS_COMPILE: ${{ matrix.cross_compile }}
         MODE: ${{ matrix.mode }}
         VARIANT: ${{ matrix.variant }}
+        PKG_CONFIG_PATH: ${{ matrix.pkg_config_path }}
 
     steps:
     - name: Show OS
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 83a80fb..5a6e1ae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ else
   $(info No compiler flags for: $(CC))
 endif
 
-LDFLAGS := -ludev -lyaml -lftdi -lusb
+LIBFTDI := $(shell pkg-config --exists libftdi1 && echo libftdi1 || echo libftdi)
+
+CPPFLAGS := $(shell pkg-config --cflags yaml-0.1 $(LIBFTDI) libudev)
+LDFLAGS := $(shell pkg-config --libs yaml-0.1 $(LIBFTDI) libudev)
 
 CLIENT_SRCS := cdba.c circ_buf.c
 CLIENT_OBJS := $(CLIENT_SRCS:.c=.o)
diff --git a/ci/archlinux.sh b/ci/archlinux.sh
index da6dc55..f6a31fc 100755
--- a/ci/archlinux.sh
+++ b/ci/archlinux.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ pacman -Sy --noconfirm \
 	libyaml \
 	systemd-libs \
 	make \
+	pkgconf \
 	$PKGS_CC
 
 echo "Install finished: $0"
diff --git a/ci/debian.sh b/ci/debian.sh
index 745a5cf..58ebdff 100755
--- a/ci/debian.sh
+++ b/ci/debian.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ case $CC in
 esac
 
 apt install -y --no-install-recommends \
+	pkg-config \
 	libftdi-dev \
 	libudev-dev \
 	libyaml-dev \