diff --git a/parse.c b/parse.c
index bf1eb9f..6bf6e3d 100644
--- a/parse.c
+++ b/parse.c
@@ -367,13 +367,11 @@ parse_deplist(pkg_t *pkg, const char *depends)
  * Parse a .pc file into a pkg_t object structure.
  */
 pkg_t *
-parse_file(const char *filename)
+parse_file(const char *filename, FILE *f)
 {
-	FILE *f;
 	pkg_t *pkg;
 	char readbuf[BUFSIZ];
 
-	f = fopen(filename, "r");
 	if (f == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
diff --git a/pkg.c b/pkg.c
index 684a8c2..9366631 100644
--- a/pkg.c
+++ b/pkg.c
@@ -27,10 +27,46 @@ pkg_t *
 pkg_find(const char *name)
 {
 	char locbuf[BUFSIZ];
+	char path[BUFSIZ];
+	char *env_path;
+	int count = 0, pcount = 0;
+	FILE *f;
 
 	snprintf(locbuf, sizeof locbuf, "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/%s.pc", name);
+	if (!(f = fopen(locbuf, "r")))
+	{
+		env_path = getenv("PKG_CONFIG_PATH");
+		if (env_path == NULL)
+			return NULL;
 
-	return parse_file(locbuf);
+		while (env_path[count] != '\0')
+		{
+			if (env_path[count] != ':')
+			{
+				path[pcount] = env_path[count];
+				pcount++;
+			}
+
+			if (env_path[count] == ':')
+			{
+				snprintf(locbuf, sizeof locbuf, "%s/%s.pc", path, name);
+				if (f = fopen(locbuf, "r"))
+					return parse_file(locbuf, f);
+				path[0] = '\0';
+				pcount = 0;
+			}
+			
+			count++;
+		}
+
+		if (path[0] != '\0')
+		{
+			snprintf(locbuf, sizeof locbuf, "%s/%s.pc", path, name);
+			f = fopen(locbuf, "r");
+		}
+	}
+
+	return parse_file(locbuf, f);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/pkg.h b/pkg.h
index bdb0db9..ca080e9 100644
--- a/pkg.h
+++ b/pkg.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ pkg_t *pkg_verify_dependency(pkg_dependency_t *pkgdep);
 const char *pkg_get_comparator(pkg_dependency_t *pkgdep);
 
 /* parse.c */
-pkg_t *parse_file(const char *path);
+pkg_t *parse_file(const char *path, FILE *f);
 char *tuple_find(pkg_tuple_t *head, const char *key);
 pkg_dependency_t *parse_deplist(pkg_t *pkg, const char *depends);
 pkg_dependency_t *pkg_dependency_append(pkg_dependency_t *head, pkg_dependency_t *tail);