diff --git a/configure.in.in b/configure.in.in
index 8468170..ef40914 100644
--- a/configure.in.in
+++ b/configure.in.in
@@ -17,4 +17,21 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBXSLT], [libxslt], [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_XSLT],1,[Define to 1 if
 AC_SUBST(LIBXSLT_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(LIBXSLT_CFLAGS)
 
-
+KDE_FIND_PATH(pkg-config, PKGCONFIG, [${prefix}/bin ${exec_prefix}/bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin /opt/local/bin], [
+  AC_MSG_WARN([Could not find pkg-config])
+])
+if test -n "$PKGCONFIG"; then
+  ICU_VERSION=`$PKGCONFIG icu-uc --modversion 2>/dev/null`
+  if test -n "$ICU_VERSION"; then
+    ICU_CXXFLAGS=`$PKGCONFIG icu-uc --variable=CXXFLAGS`
+  fi
+fi
+if test -z "$ICU_VERSION"; then
+  KDE_FIND_PATH(icu-config, ICU_CONFIG, [${prefix}/bin ${exec_prefix}/bin /usr/local/bin /opt/local/bin], [
+    AC_MSG_WARN([Could not find icu-config])
+  ])
+  if test -n "$ICU_CONFIG"; then
+    ICU_CXXFLAGS=`$ICU_CONFIG --cxxflags`
+  fi
+fi
+AC_SUBST(ICU_CXXFLAGS)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 5609974..daf168f 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # set the include path for X, qt and TDE
 INCLUDES = $(all_includes) $(LIBXSLT_CFLAGS) $(LIBXML_CFLAGS) $(LIBYAZ_CFLAGS) $(LIBBIBUTILS_CFLAGS)
+CXXFLAGS += $(ICU_CXXFLAGS)
 
 # these are the headers for your project
 noinst_HEADERS = 						documentlistviewitem.h 						fileexportertoolchain.h \