diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f9b246d..8839c90 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ project( tdepowersave )
 
 ##### include essential cmake modules ###########
 
-include( CheckCXXSourceCompiles )
 include( FindPkgConfig )
+include( CheckSymbolExists )
+include( CheckCXXSourceCompiles )
 
 
 ##### include our cmake modules #################
diff --git a/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index 4e77ea1..961fd49 100644
--- a/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -9,18 +9,24 @@
 #
 #################################################
 
-##### check for gcc visibility support #########
-# FIXME
-# This should check for [T]Qt3 visibility support
+
+# required stuff
+find_package( TQt )
+find_package( TDE )
+
+tde_setup_architecture_flags( )
+
+include(TestBigEndian)
+test_big_endian(WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+
+tde_setup_largefiles( )
+
+
+##### check for gcc visibility support
 
 if( WITH_GCC_VISIBILITY )
-  if( NOT UNIX )
-    tde_message_fatal(FATAL_ERROR "\ngcc visibility support was requested, but your system is not *NIX" )
-  endif( NOT UNIX )
-  set( __KDE_HAVE_GCC_VISIBILITY 1 )
-  set( CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden")
-  set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden")
-endif( )
+  tde_setup_gcc_visibility( )
+endif( WITH_GCC_VISIBILITY )
 
 
 # check for Xext
@@ -56,16 +62,3 @@ pkg_search_module( DBUS_TQT dbus-1-tqt )
 if( NOT DBUS_TQT_FOUND )
   tde_message_fatal( "dbus-1-tqt is required, but was not found on your system" )
 endif( )
-
-# check for msgfmt
-if( BUILD_TRANSLATIONS AND NOT DEFINED MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE )
-  find_program( MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE msgfmt )
-  if( NOT MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE )
-    tde_message_fatal( "msgfmt program is required, but was not found on your system" )
-  endif( )
-endif( )
-
-
-# required stuff
-find_package( TQt )
-find_package( TDE )