diff --git a/sw/ground_segment/misc/Makefile b/sw/ground_segment/misc/Makefile
index 20dd6d6cba..cdec2a0c29 100644
--- a/sw/ground_segment/misc/Makefile
+++ b/sw/ground_segment/misc/Makefile
@@ -39,9 +39,13 @@ CFLAGS += -Wall -fPIC
 GTK_CFLAGS  = $(shell pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --cflags)
 GTK_LDFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --libs) $(shell pkg-config --libs ivy-glib) $(shell pcre-config --libs) -fPIC
 
-# hack, abuse ivy-glib pkg-config info since there is no ivy.pc
+# fallback to ivy-glib pkg-config info if there is no ivy-c.pc
+IVY_INC = $(shell pkg-config --cflags-only-I ivy-c 2> /dev/null)
+IVY_LDFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --libs ivy-c 2> /dev/null)
+ifeq ($(strip $(IVY_INC)),)
 IVY_INC = $(shell pkg-config --cflags-only-I ivy-glib)
 IVY_LDFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --libs-only-L ivy-glib) -livy
+endif
 
 # Optitrack specific librarys and includes
 NATNET_LIBRARYS = $(shell pkg-config glib-2.0 --libs) -lglibivy -lm $(shell pcre-config --libs)