diff --git a/configure.in.in b/configure.in.in
index a90f40f..b116f30 100644
--- a/configure.in.in
+++ b/configure.in.in
@@ -77,6 +77,24 @@ if test "x$X" = "x"; then
 fi
 UIC=`echo $UIC -L \$\(top_builddir\)/kmymoney2/widgets/.libs`
 
+#
+# get qt plugins directory
+#
+
+if test "$PKG_CONFIG" != "no" ; then
+  if $PKG_CONFIG --exists qt-mt ; then
+    qt_plugins_dir="`pkg-config --variable=pluginsdir qt-mt`"
+  else
+    if $PKG_CONFIG --exists tqt-mt ; then
+      qt_plugins_dir="`pkg-config --variable=pluginsdir tqt-mt`"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+if test "x$qt_plugins_dir" = "x"; then
+  qt_plugins_dir=$(qt_libraries)/../plugins
+fi
+AC_SUBST(qt_plugins_dir)
+
 #
 # create header directory, make symlinks
 #
diff --git a/kmymoney2/widgets/Makefile.am b/kmymoney2/widgets/Makefile.am
index 6879430..76cd1c7 100644
--- a/kmymoney2/widgets/Makefile.am
+++ b/kmymoney2/widgets/Makefile.am
@@ -68,19 +68,19 @@ kmmwidgets.cpp:	$(srcdir)/kmymoney.widgets
 # Hence the quick hack to include the required objects from the
 # libkmm_mymoney.so directly into libkmymoney.so
 libkmymoney_la_CXXFLAGS = -U_CHECK_MEMORY -DKMM_DESIGNER
-libkmymoney_la_LDFLAGS = `ls ../mymoney/*.lo` $(KDE_LDFLAGS) $(QT_LDFLAGS) $(X_LDFLAGS) -rpath $(DESTDIR)$(qt_libraries)/../plugins/designer $(LIB_TDEUI) $(LIB_TDECORE) $(LIB_QT)
+libkmymoney_la_LDFLAGS = `ls ../mymoney/*.lo` $(KDE_LDFLAGS) $(QT_LDFLAGS) $(X_LDFLAGS) -rpath $(DESTDIR)$(qt_plugins_dir)/designer $(LIB_TDEUI) $(LIB_TDECORE) $(LIB_QT)
 
 if INSTALL_QTDESIGNER_SUPPORT
 install-exec-local: libkmymoney.la
-	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(qt_libraries)/../plugins/designer
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) .libs/libkmymoney.so $(DESTDIR)$(qt_libraries)/../plugins/designer
+	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(qt_plugins_dir)/designer
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) .libs/libkmymoney.so $(DESTDIR)$(qt_plugins_dir)/designer
 	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(kde_datadir)/$(PICS_DIR)
 	for file in $(WIDGET_PNGS); do \
 	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $(abs_srcdir)/$$file $(DESTDIR)$(kde_datadir)/$(PICS_DIR); \
 	done
 
 uninstall-local:
-	-rm $(DESTDIR)$(qt_libraries)/../plugins/designer/libkmymoney.so
+	-rm $(DESTDIR)$(qt_plugins_dir)/designer/libkmymoney.so
 	for file in $(WIDGET_PNGS); do \
 	  rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(kde_datadir)/$(PICS_DIR)/$$file; \
 	done