diff --git a/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index b72d866df..45c0be953 100644
--- a/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -159,11 +159,11 @@ if( WITH_TDEHWLIB )
 endif( )
 
 
-# udev (tsak)
-if( BUILD_TSAK )
-  pkg_search_module( UDEV udev )
+# udev (tsak, tdekbdledsync)
+if( BUILD_TSAK OR BUILD_TDEKBDLEDSYNC )
+  pkg_search_module( UDEV libudev )
   if( NOT UDEV_FOUND )
-    tde_message_fatal( "udev is required, but was not found on your system" )
+    tde_message_fatal( "udev library is required, but was not found on your system" )
   endif( )
 endif( )
 
diff --git a/tdekbdledsync/CMakeLists.txt b/tdekbdledsync/CMakeLists.txt
index a7ba5c621..78d95187f 100644
--- a/tdekbdledsync/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tdekbdledsync/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ link_directories(
 
 tde_add_executable( tdekbdledsync
   SOURCES getfd.c main.cpp
-  LINK udev X11
+  LINK ${UDEV_LIBRARIES} X11
   DESTINATION ${BIN_INSTALL_DIR}
   SETUID
 )
diff --git a/tsak/CMakeLists.txt b/tsak/CMakeLists.txt
index 4490636db..185816b94 100644
--- a/tsak/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tsak/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ link_directories(
 
 tde_add_executable( tsak
   SOURCES main.cpp
-  LINK udev
+  LINK ${UDEV_LIBRARIES}
   DESTINATION ${BIN_INSTALL_DIR}
 )