diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d4956b19..3747faa1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -629,12 +629,15 @@ endif ( enable-oboe )
 unset ( WITH_READLINE CACHE )
 unset ( READLINE_LIBS CACHE )
 if ( enable-readline )
-  find_package ( Readline )
-  set ( FOUND_READLINE ${HAVE_READLINE} )
-  if ( HAVE_READLINE )
+  pkg_check_modules ( READLINE readline )
+  if ( NOT READLINE_FOUND )
+    find_package ( Readline )
+    set ( READLINE_FOUND ${HAVE_READLINE} )
+  endif ( NOT READLINE_FOUND )
+  if ( READLINE_FOUND )
     set ( WITH_READLINE 1 )
     set ( READLINE_LIBS ${READLINE_LIBRARIES} )
-  endif ( HAVE_READLINE )
+  endif ( READLINE_FOUND )
 endif ( enable-readline )
 
 unset ( ENABLE_MIXER_THREADS CACHE )