diff --git a/packages/sysutils/libhid/patches/libhid-use_pkgconfig.patch b/packages/sysutils/libhid/patches/libhid-use_pkgconfig.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d38057681
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/libhid/patches/libhid-use_pkgconfig.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -Naur libhid-0.2.16/m4/md_check_libusb018b.m4 libhid-0.2.16.patch/m4/md_check_libusb018b.m4
+--- libhid-0.2.16/m4/md_check_libusb018b.m4	2004-05-26 02:37:41.000000000 +0200
++++ libhid-0.2.16.patch/m4/md_check_libusb018b.m4	2016-01-10 00:07:24.000000000 +0100
+@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
+   [
+     AC_CHECK_HEADERS([usb.h])
+ 
+-    LIBUSB_CFLAGS="`libusb-config --cflags`"
+-    LIBUSB_LIBS="`libusb-config --libs`"
++    LIBUSB_CFLAGS="`pkg-config --cflags libusb`"
++    LIBUSB_LIBS="`pkg-config --libs libusb`"
+ 
+     AC_SUBST(LIBUSB_CFLAGS)
+     AC_SUBST(LIBUSB_LIBS)