diff -ur a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	2017-08-17 08:52:49.596897308 -0500
+++ b/configure.ac	2017-08-17 08:54:57.171515415 -0500
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
-AM_PATH_CPPUNIT(1.9.6)
 
 AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
@@ -43,9 +42,11 @@
 		fi])
 	])
 
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $CURSES_CFLAGS"
-CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $CURSES_CFLAGS"
-LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $CURSES_LIB $CURSES_LIBS $LIBS"
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CPPUNIT], [cppunit],, [no_cppunit="yes"])
+
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $CPPUNIT_CFLAGS $CURSES_CFLAGS"
+CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $CPPUNIT_CFLAGS $CURSES_CFLAGS"
+LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $CURSES_LIB $CURSES_LIBS $CPPUNIT_LIBS $LIBS"
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libcurl], libcurl >= 7.15.4,
 	          CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $libcurl_CFLAGS";