diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 375c775..78f6624 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(
 	)]
 )
 
-AC_CHECK_LIB([parted], [ped_device_probe_all], ,[AC_MSG_ERROR([parted development library not found])])
+AC_CHECK_LIB([intl], [libintl_dgettext]) # needed to statically link libparted, but not given in its pkgconfig file
+AC_CHECK_LIB([uuid], [uuid_generate])    # needed to statically link libparted, but not given in its pkgconfig file
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PARTED], [libparted])
 AC_CHECK_LIB([pthread], [main], ,[AC_MSG_ERROR([pthread development library not found])])
 
 # Checks for header files.
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index c123372..a5f5740 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ AM_LDFLAGS =
 # the previous manual Makefile
 bin_PROGRAMS = nwipe
 nwipe_SOURCES = context.h isaac_rand.c logging.h options.h prng.h nwipe.c gui.c isaac_rand.h method.h pass.c device.c gui.h isaac_standard.h mt19937ar-cok.c nwipe.h mt19937ar-cok.h pass.h device.h logging.c method.c options.c prng.c version.c version.h
+nwipe_CFLAGS = $(PARTED_CFLAGS)
+nwipe_LDADD = $(PARTED_LIBS)