diff --git a/libcamera/Cargo.toml b/libcamera/Cargo.toml
index 158ff50..a8c64cf 100644
--- a/libcamera/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libcamera/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ smallvec = "1.10"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-libcamera-sys = { path = "../libcamera-sys", version = "0.3.0" }
 semver = "1.0.22"
+pkg-config = "0.3"
diff --git a/libcamera/build.rs b/libcamera/build.rs
index 3417151..812742f 100644
--- a/libcamera/build.rs
+++ b/libcamera/build.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use core::panic;
 use std::{
     env,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
@@ -6,11 +7,25 @@ use std::{
 use semver::{Comparator, Op, Version};
 
 fn main() {
-    let libcamera_version = Version::new(
-        libcamera_sys::LIBCAMERA_VERSION_MAJOR as _,
-        libcamera_sys::LIBCAMERA_VERSION_MINOR as _,
-        libcamera_sys::LIBCAMERA_VERSION_PATCH as _,
-    );
+    let libcamera = match pkg_config::probe_library("libcamera") {
+        Ok(lib) => Ok(lib),
+        Err(e) => {
+            // Older libcamera versions use camera name instead of libcamera, try that instead
+            match pkg_config::probe_library("camera") {
+                Ok(lib) => Ok(lib),
+                // Return original error
+                Err(_) => Err(e),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    .unwrap();
+
+    let libcamera_version = match Version::parse(&libcamera.version) {
+        Ok(v) => v,
+        Err(e) => {
+            panic!("bad version from pkgconfig, {e:?}")
+        }
+    };
 
     let versioned_files = Path::new("versioned_files");
     let mut candidates = std::fs::read_dir(versioned_files)