diff --git a/configure.in.in b/configure.in.in
index 5fe5704..fe247fe 100644
--- a/configure.in.in
+++ b/configure.in.in
@@ -101,18 +101,30 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(xine,
 
 if test "$build_xine" != "no"; then
     if test "$have_xine" = "yes"; then
-      vers=`xine-config --version 2>/dev/null | awk 'BEGIN { FS = "."; } { printf "%d", ($1 * 1000 + $2) * 1000 + $3;}'`
-      if test -n "$vers" && test "$vers" -ge 1000000
-      then
+				dnl In xine >= 1.2.8 xine-config is no longer available
+				vers=`pkg-config --modversion libxine 2>/dev/null | awk 'BEGIN { FS = "."; } { printf "%d", ($1 * 1000 + $2) * 1000 + $3;}'`
+				if test -n "$vers" && test "$vers" -ge 1000000
+				then
             AC_DEFINE(HAVE_XINE, 1, [If we have libxine installed])
-            LIB_XINE="`xine-config --libs`"
+            LIB_XINE="`pkg-config --libs libxine`"
             AC_SUBST(LIB_XINE)
-            CFLAGS_XINE="`xine-config --cflags`"
+            CFLAGS_XINE="`pkg-config --cflags libxine`"
             AC_SUBST(CFLAGS_XINE)
-      else
-           have_xine="no"
-           AC_MSG_WARN([Your xine installation is too old (1.0.0 or later required)])
-      fi
+	      else
+	      		dnl Use xine-config if an older version of xine is installed
+						vers=`xine-config --version 2>/dev/null | awk 'BEGIN { FS = "."; } { printf "%d", ($1 * 1000 + $2) * 1000 + $3;}'`
+						if test -n "$vers" && test "$vers" -ge 1000000
+						then
+								AC_DEFINE(HAVE_XINE, 1, [If we have libxine installed])
+								LIB_XINE="`xine-config --libs`"
+								AC_SUBST(LIB_XINE)
+								CFLAGS_XINE="`xine-config --cflags`"
+								AC_SUBST(CFLAGS_XINE)
+						else
+								have_xine="no"
+								AC_MSG_WARN([Your xine installation is too old (1.0.0 or later required)])
+						fi
+      	fi
     fi
 else
     have_xine="no"