--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -16,3 +16,3 @@
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([czmq], [libczmq])
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([msgpack], [msgpack])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([msgpack], [msgpack-c])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libevent], [libevent])