--- Makefile.PL
+++ Makefile.PL
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 # Only EU::MM 6.52+ understands CONFIGURE_REQUIRES
 use ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.52;
-use Alien::Hunspell 0.04;
+use ExtUtils::PkgConfig;
 use Config;
 
 my $CC = $ENV{'CXX'} || 'c++';
 
-my $shlib_location = Alien::Hunspell->libs;
-my $header_location = Alien::Hunspell->cflags;
+my $shlib_location = ExtUtils::PkgConfig->libs_only_l('hunspell');
+my $header_location = ExtUtils::PkgConfig->cflags_only_I('hunspell');
 
+if ($shlib_location ne '' && $header_location ne '') {
     WriteMakefile(
         NAME          => 'Text::Hunspell',
         VERSION_FROM  => 'Hunspell.pm',
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ my $header_location = Alien::Hunspell->c
         LD            => '$(CC)',
         CONFIGURE_REQUIRES => {
             'ExtUtils::MakeMaker' => '6.52',
-            'Alien::Hunspell'     => '0.04',
+            'ExtUtils::PkgConfig' => 0,
         },
         XSOPT         => '-C++',
         TYPEMAPS      => ['perlobject.map', 'typemap'],
@@ -28,3 +29,13 @@ my $header_location = Alien::Hunspell->c
             keywords  => [ qw(hunspell spelling spell-checker text-processing) ],
         },
     );
+}
+else {
+    # By default, ExtUtils::PkgConfig provides a verbose warning about
+    # being unable to locate the pkgconfig file and such. This adds an
+    # additional comment after that output.
+    warn "\n=========================================================\n";
+    warn "NOTE: You may need to install the libhunspell-dev package\n";
+    warn "(or the equivalent on your OS).\n";
+    warn "=========================================================\n";
+}
--- META.json
+++ META.json
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
       },
       "configure" : {
          "requires" : {
-            "Alien::Hunspell" : "0.04",
-            "ExtUtils::MakeMaker" : "6.52"
+            "ExtUtils::MakeMaker" : "6.52",
+            "ExtUtils::PkgConfig" : "0"
          }
       }
    },
--- META.yml
+++ META.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ author:
 build_requires:
   ExtUtils::MakeMaker: '0'
 configure_requires:
-  Alien::Hunspell: '0.04'
   ExtUtils::MakeMaker: '6.52'
+  ExtUtils::PkgConfig: '0'
 dynamic_config: 1
 generated_by: 'ExtUtils::MakeMaker version 7.24, CPAN::Meta::Converter version 2.150010'
 keywords: