diff --git a/configure.in.in b/configure.in.in
index 02b52f187..0f16eeaaf 100644
--- a/configure.in.in
+++ b/configure.in.in
@@ -36,5 +36,10 @@ KDE_CHECK_HEADER(paper.h, [
 ])
 AC_SUBST(LIBPAPER_LIBS)
 
-
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(fseek64 mkstemp mkstemps popen)
+
+AC_FIND_FILE(xpdfrc, [/etc /usr/local/etc], xpdfrc)
+if test "$xpdfrc" != NO; then
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SYSTEM_XPDFRC, "$xpdfrc/xpdfrc", [Define the location your xpdfrc])
+fi
+