diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindSqlite3.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindSqlite3.cmake
index 5b775546d..fb724b27d 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindSqlite3.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindSqlite3.cmake
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@ if (SQLITE3_LIBRARIES AND SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIRS)
 else (SQLITE3_LIBRARIES AND SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIRS)
   # use pkg-config to get the directories and then use these values
   # in the FIND_PATH() and FIND_LIBRARY() calls
-  include(UsePkgConfig)
-
-  pkgconfig(sqlite3 _Sqlite3IncDir _Sqlite3LinkDir _Sqlite3LinkFlags _Sqlite3Cflags)
-
-  set(SQLITE3_DEFINITIONS ${_Sqlite3Cflags})
-
+  if (${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION} EQUAL 2 AND ${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION} EQUAL 4)
+    include(UsePkgConfig)
+    pkgconfig(sqlite3 _SQLITE3_INCLUDEDIR _SQLITE3_LIBDIR _SQLITE3_LDFLAGS _SQLITE3_CFLAGS)
+  else (${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION} EQUAL 2 AND ${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION} EQUAL 4)
+    find_package(PkgConfig)
+    if (PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+      pkg_check_modules(_SQLITE3 sqlite3)
+    endif (PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+  endif (${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION} EQUAL 2 AND ${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION} EQUAL 4)
   find_path(SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIR
     NAMES
       sqlite3.h