diff --git a/acl-updater/plugin/Makefile.am b/acl-updater/plugin/Makefile.am
index ea1c02a..febfacb 100644
--- a/acl-updater/plugin/Makefile.am
+++ b/acl-updater/plugin/Makefile.am
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ INCLUDES = $(all_includes) $(KDE_INCLUDES)/tde -I$(top_srcdir)
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = slapi-acl-manager.la
 
 slapi_acl_manager_la_SOURCES = interface.c plugin.cpp plugin.h
-slapi_acl_manager_la_LIBADD = -ltqt-mt -ltdeldap
-slapi_acl_manager_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version $(all_libraries)
\ No newline at end of file
+slapi_acl_manager_la_LIBADD = -ltqt-mt -ltdeldap $(SLAPI_LIBRARIES)
+slapi_acl_manager_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version $(all_libraries)
diff --git a/acl-updater/plugin/configure.in.in b/acl-updater/plugin/configure.in.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9feb979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acl-updater/plugin/configure.in.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+# Check for slapi-plugin.h
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(slapi-plugin.h)
+
+# Check for the slapi library
+AC_CHECK_LIB(slapi, slapi_pblock_get, AC_SUBST(SLAPI_LIBRARIES, "-lslapi"), [], [-shared -fPIC])
diff --git a/acl-updater/plugin/interface.c b/acl-updater/plugin/interface.c
index da85863..a5e2e28 100644
--- a/acl-updater/plugin/interface.c
+++ b/acl-updater/plugin/interface.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
  *   59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.             *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
+#include "config.h"
+
 #ifdef HAVE_SLAPI_PLUGIN_H
 #include <slapi-plugin.h>
 #else