diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8fca24ee38..33b59b5b96 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
 ## Comment these out to disable "linenoise"-library support
 HISTFILE = .picocom_history
 CPPFLAGS += -DHISTFILE=\"$(HISTFILE)\" \
-	    -DLINENOISE
-OBJS += linenoise-1.0/linenoise.o
-linenoise-1.0/linenoise.o : linenoise-1.0/linenoise.c linenoise-1.0/linenoise.h
+	    -DLINENOISE \
+	    $(shell pkg-config --cflags linenoise)
+LDFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --libs linenoise)
 
 ## Comment this in to enable (force) custom baudrate support
 ## even on systems not enabled by default.
diff --git a/picocom.c b/picocom.c
index 775ee9c3bb..ba2f9bd666 100644
--- a/picocom.c
+++ b/picocom.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 #include "split.h"
 #include "term.h"
 #ifdef LINENOISE
-#include "linenoise-1.0/linenoise.h"
+#include <linenoise.h>
 #endif
 
 #include "custbaud.h"