diff --git a/domain.go b/domain.go
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/domain.go
+++ b/domain.go
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package libvirt
 
 /*
-#cgo pkg-config: libvirt libvirt-qemu
+#cgo pkg-config: libvirt
+// Can't rely on pkg-config for libvirt-qemu since it was not
+// installed until 2.6.0 onwards
+#cgo LDFLAGS: -lvirt-qemu
 #include <libvirt/libvirt.h>
 #include <libvirt/libvirt-qemu.h>
 #include <libvirt/virterror.h>
Don't rely on pkg-config for libvirt-qemu

The libvirt-qemu pkg-config file was only installed from
version <I> onwards.