diff --git a/build_files/cmake/Modules/FindPCRE.cmake b/build_files/cmake/Modules/FindPCRE.cmake

index 1fd56dc1234..c0a0d48e5fe 100644

--- a/build_files/cmake/Modules/FindPCRE.cmake

+++ b/build_files/cmake/Modules/FindPCRE.cmake

@@ -34,7 +34,17 @@ SET(_pcre_SEARCH_DIRS

   /opt/local # DarwinPorts

 )

+if (NOT WIN32)

+  # use pkg-config to get the directories and then use these values

+  # in the FIND_PATH() and FIND_LIBRARY() calls

+  find_package(PkgConfig)

+  pkg_check_modules(PCRE libpcre)

+endif (NOT WIN32)

+

 FIND_PATH(PCRE_INCLUDE_DIR pcre.h

+  PATHS

+    ${PCRE_INCLUDEDIR}

+    ${PCRE_INCLUDE_DIRS}

   HINTS

     ${_pcre_SEARCH_DIRS}

   PATH_SUFFIXES

@@ -44,6 +54,9 @@ FIND_PATH(PCRE_INCLUDE_DIR pcre.h

 FIND_LIBRARY(PCRE_LIBRARY

   NAMES

     pcre

+  PATHS

+    ${PCRE_LIBDIR}

+    ${PCRE_LIBRARY_DIRS}

   HINTS

     ${_pcre_SEARCH_DIRS}

   PATH_SUFFIXES