diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 683c7703e..5a4f2293b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -453,6 +453,10 @@ if test "x$found_zlib" = "xno" ; then
   AC_SUBST(ZLIB_LIBS)
 fi
 
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBFFI, [libffi >= 3.0.0])
+AC_SUBST(LIBFFI_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(LIBFFI_LIBS)
+
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