diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8f4b4b0..f737fb1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@ ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
 WITH_FUSE_ADA
 HAVE_FUSE
+HAVE_PKG_CONFIG
 USE_GIT_FUSE
 GTKADA_DIR
 HAVE_GTK
@@ -3068,6 +3069,49 @@ $as_echo "no" >&6; }
 
 fi
 
+if test x$ac_enable_fuse = 'xyes'; then
+  # Extract the first word of "pkg-config", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy pkg-config; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_HAVE_PKG_CONFIG+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$HAVE_PKG_CONFIG"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_HAVE_PKG_CONFIG="$HAVE_PKG_CONFIG" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_HAVE_PKG_CONFIG="yes"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+fi
+fi
+HAVE_PKG_CONFIG=$ac_cv_prog_HAVE_PKG_CONFIG
+if test -n "$HAVE_PKG_CONFIG"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $HAVE_PKG_CONFIG" >&5
+$as_echo "$HAVE_PKG_CONFIG" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
+  if test x$HAVE_PKG_CONFIG != 'xyes'; then
+    as_fn_error $? "Please install pkg-config when fuse support is enabled." "$LINENO" 5
+  fi
+fi
+
 HAVE_FUSE=$ac_enable_fuse