diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/build-ci.yml
index af735088..e65ad7f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-ci.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b
 
     - name: Install dependencies
-      run: sudo apt-get install -y acl automake libacl1-dev libpopt-dev libselinux1-dev rpm
+      run: sudo apt-get install -y acl automake libacl1-dev libpopt-dev libselinux1-dev pkg-config rpm
 
     - name: Bootstrap
       run: ./autogen.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b
 
     - name: Install dependencies
-      run: brew install automake coreutils popt
+      run: brew install automake coreutils popt pkg-config
 
     - name: Bootstrap
       run: ./autogen.sh
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get update -q
 
     - name: Install dependencies
-      run: sudo apt-get install -y automake clang-18 clang-tools-18 libacl1-dev libpopt-dev libselinux1-dev
+      run: sudo apt-get install -y automake clang-18 clang-tools-18 libacl1-dev libpopt-dev libselinux1-dev pkg-config
 
     - name: Bootstrap
       run: ./autogen.sh
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get update -q
 
     - name: Install dependencies
-      run: sudo apt-get install -y acl automake clang-18 libacl1-dev libpopt-dev libselinux1-dev
+      run: sudo apt-get install -y acl automake clang-18 libacl1-dev libpopt-dev libselinux1-dev pkg-config
 
     - name: Bootstrap
       run: ./autogen.sh
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b
 
     - name: Install dependencies
-      run: sudo apt-get install -y automake gcc-12 libacl1-dev libpopt-dev libselinux1-dev
+      run: sudo apt-get install -y automake gcc-12 libacl1-dev libpopt-dev libselinux1-dev pkg-config
 
     - name: Bootstrap
       run: ./autogen.sh
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b
 
     - name: Install dependencies
-      run: sudo apt-get install -y automake libacl1-dev libpopt-dev libselinux1-dev
+      run: sudo apt-get install -y automake libacl1-dev libpopt-dev libselinux1-dev pkg-config
 
     - name: Bootstrap
       run: ./autogen.sh
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9db77313..de8ac2b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ Obtain source either by [Downloading](#download) it or doing [Git checkout](#git
 Install dependencies for Debian systems:
 ```
 apt-get update
-apt-get install autoconf automake libpopt-dev libtool make xz-utils
+apt-get install autoconf automake libpopt-dev libtool make pkg-config xz-utils
 ```
 
 Install dependencies for Fedora/CentOS systems:
 
 ```
-yum install autoconf automake libtool make popt-devel xz
+yum install autoconf automake libtool make pkg-config popt-devel xz
 ```
 
 Compilation (`autoreconf` is optional if you obtained source from tarball):
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0cc31324..18152d72 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
 dnl needed for basename() on OS X
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([libgen.h])
 
-AC_CHECK_LIB([popt],[poptParseArgvString],,
+# Use pkg-config to find libpopt - MAC OS 14+ stores popt in different location than before
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([POPT], [popt, poptParseArgvString],,
   AC_MSG_ERROR([libpopt required but not found]))
 
 dnl Needed for out-of-source builds