diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 48b6c88..20573e3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ categories = ["api-bindings", "encoding", "compression",
 repository = "https://github.com/DuckerMan/magnum-opus"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/magnum-opus"
 
+[features]
+linux-pkg-config = ["dep:pkg-config"]
+
 [build-dependencies]
 target_build_utils = "0.3"
 bindgen = "0.59"
+pkg-config = { version = "0.3.27", optional = true }
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 1925833..ac5fbf6 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@ use std::{
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
+#[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", feature = "linux-pkg-config"))]
+fn link_pkg_config(name: &str) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    let lib = pkg_config::probe_library(name)
+        .expect(format!(
+            "unable to find '{name}' development headers with pkg-config (feature linux-pkg-config is enabled).
+            try installing '{name}-dev' from your system package manager.").as_str());
+
+    lib.include_paths
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(all(target_os = "linux", feature = "linux-pkg-config")))]
 fn link_vcpkg(mut path: PathBuf, name: &str) -> PathBuf {
     let target_os = std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_OS").unwrap();
     let mut target_arch = std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_ARCH").unwrap();
@@ -45,6 +56,7 @@ fn link_vcpkg(mut path: PathBuf, name: &str) -> PathBuf {
     include
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(all(target_os = "linux", feature = "linux-pkg-config")))]
 fn link_homebrew_m1(name: &str) -> PathBuf {
     let target_os = std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_OS").unwrap();
     let target_arch = std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_ARCH").unwrap();
@@ -95,6 +107,12 @@ fn link_homebrew_m1(name: &str) -> PathBuf {
     include
 }
 
+#[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", feature = "linux-pkg-config"))]
+fn find_package(name: &str) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    return link_pkg_config(name);
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(all(target_os = "linux", feature = "linux-pkg-config")))]
 fn find_package(name: &str) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
     if let Ok(vcpkg_root) = std::env::var("VCPKG_ROOT") {
         vec![link_vcpkg(vcpkg_root.into(), name)]