diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0137632..617fa4d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #  ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 #  OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 
+PKGCONFIG =  	$(shell which pkg-config)
 GIT 	  = 	$(shell which git)
 TAR 	  = 	$(shell which tar)
 MKDIR     = 	$(shell which mkdir)
@@ -27,7 +28,10 @@ PANDOC    =	$(shell which pandoc)
 SED       =     $(shell which sed)
 GZIP      =     $(shell which gzip)
 RPMBUILD  =     $(shell which rpmbuild)
-GIT2DEBCL =     ./tools/git2debcl
+
+ifeq ($(PKGCONFIG),"")
+$(error "pkg-config not installed")
+endif
 
 GIT_REPO = 0
 ifneq ($(GIT),)
@@ -42,6 +46,16 @@ endif
 
 XATTR_AVAILABLE = $(shell test ! -e /usr/include/attr/xattr.h; echo $$?)
 
+FUSE_AVAILABLE = $(shell ! pkg-config --exists fuse; echo $$?)
+
+ifeq ($(FUSE_AVAILABLE),0)
+FUSE_AVAILABLE = $(shell test ! -e /usr/include/fuse.h; echo $$?)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(FUSE_AVAILABLE),0)
+$(error "FUSE development package doesn't appear available")
+endif
+
 UGID_USE_RWLOCK = 0
 
 OPTS 	    = -O2
@@ -50,7 +64,7 @@ OBJ         = $(SRC:src/%.cpp=obj/%.o)
 DEPS        = $(OBJ:obj/%.o=obj/%.d)
 TARGET      = mergerfs
 MANPAGE     = $(TARGET).1
-FUSE_CFLAGS = -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Ilibfuse/include
+FUSE_CFLAGS = -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 $(shell $(PKGCONFIG) --cflags fuse)
 CFLAGS      = -g -Wall \
 	      $(OPTS) \
 	      -Wno-unused-result \
@@ -58,7 +72,7 @@ CFLAGS      = -g -Wall \
               -DFUSE_USE_VERSION=29 \
               -MMD \
 	      -DUGID_USE_RWLOCK=$(UGID_USE_RWLOCK)
-LDFLAGS       = -pthread -lrt
+LDFLAGS       = $(shell $(PKGCONFIG) fuse --libs)
 
 PREFIX        = /usr/local
 EXEC_PREFIX   = $(PREFIX)
@@ -84,9 +98,8 @@ help:
 	@echo "usage: make"
 	@echo "make XATTR_AVAILABLE=0 - to build program without xattrs functionality (auto discovered otherwise)"
 
-$(TARGET): version obj/obj-stamp libfuse/lib/.libs/libfuse.a $(OBJ)
-	cd libfuse && make
-	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(OBJ) -o $@ libfuse/lib/.libs/libfuse.a -ldl $(LDFLAGS)
+$(TARGET): src/version.hpp obj/obj-stamp $(OBJ)
+	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(OBJ) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 
 mount.mergerfs: $(TARGET)
 	$(LN) -fs "$<" "$@"
@@ -111,15 +124,13 @@ obj/obj-stamp:
 obj/%.o: src/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
-clean: rpm-clean libfuse_Makefile
+clean: rpm-clean
 	$(RM) -f src/version.hpp
 	$(RM) -rf obj
 	$(RM) -f "$(TARGET)" mount.mergerfs
 	$(FIND) . -name "*~" -delete
-	cd libfuse && $(MAKE) clean
 
-distclean: clean libfuse_Makefile
-	cd libfuse && $(MAKE) distclean
+distclean: clean
 ifeq ($(GIT_REPO),1)
 	$(GIT) clean -fd
 endif
@@ -208,19 +219,6 @@ else ifeq ($(shell test -e /usr/bin/yum; echo $$?),0)
 	yum -y install git rpm-build libattr-devel gcc-c++ make which python automake libtool gettext-devel
 endif
 
-unexport CFLAGS LDFLAGS
-.PHONY: libfuse_Makefile
-libfuse_Makefile:
-ifeq ($(shell test -e libfuse/Makefile; echo $$?),1)
-	cd libfuse && \
-	$(MKDIR) -p m4 && \
-	autoreconf --force --install && \
-        ./configure --enable-lib --disable-util --disable-example
-endif
-
-libfuse/lib/.libs/libfuse.a: libfuse_Makefile
-	cd libfuse && $(MAKE)
-
 .PHONY: all clean install help version
 
 -include $(DEPS)
-- 
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