diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b0fdef9ec..413b7a968 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -959,6 +959,9 @@
 		dpdk_ver=$(< "$rootdir/dpdk/VERSION")
 	elif [[ -f "${CONFIG[DPDK_DIR]}"/../VERSION ]]; then
 		dpdk_ver=$(< "${CONFIG[DPDK_DIR]}"/../VERSION)
+       elif [[ "${CONFIG[DPDK_LIB_DIR]}" != "" && -e "${CONFIG[DPDK_LIB_DIR]}"/pkgconfig ]]; then
+               # Try pkg-config to figure out the module version
+               dpdk_ver=$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${CONFIG[DPDK_LIB_DIR]}"/pkgconfig pkg-config --modversion libdpdk)
 	fi
 	echo $dpdk_ver
 }