--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 include Makefile.defs
 
-INCLDIR = -I${prefix}/include `pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0`
+INCLDIR = -I${prefix}/include $(shell ${PKG_CONFIG} --cflags glib-2.0)
 LIBDIR  =
-LIBS    = `pkg-config --libs glib-2.0` -lreadline -lncurses
+LIBS    = $(shell ${PKG_CONFIG} --libs glib-2.0) -lreadline $(shell ${PKG_CONFIG} --libs ncurses)
 
 SRC     = main.c colorize.c output.c input.c event.c rl.c html.c latex.c \
           add.c edit.c del.c remind.c search.c manage.c