diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7a6ca7b471..1636f303be 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2181,6 +2181,28 @@ equivalent variable and GTK+ is version 1.2.3 or above.
                 ]
             )
         fi
+        
+        if test "$wxUSE_UNICODE" = "yes"; then
+                PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PANGOX, pangox,
+                    [
+                        CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $PANGOX_CFLAGS"
+                        LIBS="$LIBS $PANGOX_LIBS"
+                    ],
+                    [
+                        AC_MSG_ERROR([pangox library not found, library cannot be compiled in Unicode mode])
+                    ]
+                )
+                PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PANGOFT2, pangoft2,
+                    [
+                        CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $PANGOFT2_CFLAGS"
+                        LIBS="$LIBS $PANGOFT2_LIBS"
+                    ],
+                    [
+                        AC_MSG_WARN([pangoft2 library not found, library will be compiled without printing support])
+                        wxUSE_PRINTING_ARCHITECTURE="no"
+                    ]
+                )
+        fi
 
         wxUSE_UNIVERSAL="yes"