diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 87deb20..53ba8ab 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #! /bin/sh
+# $Id$
 
-# bootstrap: the ultimate bootstrap/autogen.sh script for autotools projects
-# Copyright (c) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
+# bootstrap: generic bootstrap/autogen.sh script for autotools projects
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2002-2007 Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
 #
 #    This program is free software. It comes without any warranty, to
 #    the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it
@@ -26,16 +28,20 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Check for needed features
-auxdir="`sed -ne 's/^[ \t]*A._CONFIG_AUX_DIR *([\[ ]*\([^\] )]*\).*/\1/p' $conffile`"
+auxdir="`sed -ne 's/^[ \t]*A._CONFIG_AUX_DIR *([[ ]*\([^] )]*\).*/\1/p' $conffile`"
 libtool="`grep -q '^[ \t]*A._PROG_LIBTOOL' $conffile && echo yes || echo no`"
+pkgconfig="`grep -q '^[ \t]*PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG' $conffile && echo yes || echo no`"
 header="`grep -q '^[ \t]*A._CONFIG_HEADER' $conffile && echo yes || echo no`"
 aclocalflags="`sed -ne 's/^[ \t]*ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS[ \t]*=//p' Makefile.am`"
 
 # Check for automake
 amvers="no"
-for v in "-1.10" "110" "-1.9" "19" "-1.8" "18" "-1.7" "17" "-1.6" "16" "-1.5" "15"; do
-  if automake${v} --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    amvers="${v}"
+for v in 10 9 8 7 6 5; do
+  if automake-1.${v} --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    amvers="-1.${v}"
+    break
+  elif automake1.${v} --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    amvers="1.${v}"
     break
   fi
 done
@@ -88,6 +94,14 @@ if test "$libtool" = "yes"; then
   fi
 fi
 
+# Check for pkg-config
+if test "$pkgconfig" = "yes"; then
+  if ! pkg-config --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "$0: you need pkg-config"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
 # Remove old cruft
 for x in aclocal.m4 configure config.guess config.log config.sub config.cache config.h.in config.h compile libtool.m4 ltoptions.m4 ltsugar.m4 ltversion.m4 ltmain.sh libtool ltconfig missing mkinstalldirs depcomp install-sh; do rm -f $x autotools/$x; if test -n "$auxdir"; then rm -f "$auxdir/$x"; fi; done
 rm -Rf autom4te.cache
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 55afcd6..aeac19a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ AC_INIT(cacatris, 0.0)
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.50)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/main.c)
-AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(autotools)
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(.auto)
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(cacatris, 0.0)