diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a04eea5eea..42b58627ae 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2870,9 +2870,9 @@ check_mathfunc truncf
 # these are off by default, so fail if requested and not available
 enabled avisynth   && require2 vfw32 "windows.h vfw.h" AVIFileInit -lavifil32
 enabled frei0r     && { check_header frei0r.h || die "ERROR: frei0r.h header not found"; }
-enabled libdirac   && add_cflags $(pkg-config --cflags dirac) &&
-                      require  libdirac libdirac_decoder/dirac_parser.h dirac_decoder_init $(pkg-config --libs dirac) &&
-                      require  libdirac libdirac_encoder/dirac_encoder.h dirac_encoder_init $(pkg-config --libs dirac)
+enabled libdirac   && require_pkg_config dirac                          \
+    "libdirac_decoder/dirac_parser.h libdirac_encoder/dirac_encoder.h"  \
+    "dirac_decoder_init dirac_encoder_init"
 enabled libfaac    && require2 libfaac "stdint.h faac.h" faacEncGetVersion -lfaac
 enabled libfreetype && add_cflags $(pkg-config --cflags freetype2) && require libfreetype ft2build.h FT_Init_FreeType -lfreetype
 enabled libgsm     && require  libgsm gsm/gsm.h gsm_create -lgsm
@@ -2880,13 +2880,10 @@ enabled libmp3lame && require  "libmp3lame >= 3.98.3" lame/lame.h lame_set_VBR_q
 enabled libnut     && require  libnut libnut.h nut_demuxer_init -lnut
 enabled libopencore_amrnb  && require libopencore_amrnb opencore-amrnb/interf_dec.h Decoder_Interface_init -lopencore-amrnb
 enabled libopencore_amrwb  && require libopencore_amrwb opencore-amrwb/dec_if.h D_IF_init -lopencore-amrwb
-enabled libopencv  && { check_lib opencv/cv.h cvCreateImageHeader $(pkg-config --libs opencv) ||
-                        die "ERROR: libopencv not found"; }
+enabled libopencv  && require_pkg_config opencv opencv/cv.h cvCreateImageHeader
 enabled libopenjpeg && require libopenjpeg openjpeg.h opj_version -lopenjpeg
-enabled librtmp    && { check_lib librtmp/rtmp.h RTMP_Socket $(pkg-config --libs librtmp) ||
-                        die "ERROR: librtmp not found or RTMP_Socket() missing, librtmp version must be >= 2.2.f"; }
-enabled libschroedinger && add_cflags $(pkg-config --cflags schroedinger-1.0) &&
-                           require libschroedinger schroedinger/schro.h schro_init $(pkg-config --libs schroedinger-1.0)
+enabled librtmp    && require_pkg_config librtmp librtmp/rtmp.h RTMP_Socket
+enabled libschroedinger && require_pkg_config schroedinger-1.0 schroedinger/schro.h schro_init
 enabled libspeex   && require  libspeex speex/speex.h speex_decoder_init -lspeex
 enabled libtheora  && require  libtheora theora/theoraenc.h th_info_init -ltheoraenc -ltheoradec -logg
 enabled libvorbis  && require  libvorbis vorbis/vorbisenc.h vorbis_info_init -lvorbisenc -lvorbis -logg