--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -157,6 +157,19 @@
     SET(WSLAY_LIBRARIES -lwslay)
 ENDIF (NOT WSLAY_FOUND)
 
+IF (PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ONIG onigmo)
+    IF (NOT ONIG_FOUND)
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ONIG oniguruma)
+    ENDIF (NOT ONIG_FOUND)
+    IF (ONIG_FOUND)
+        LINK_DIRECTORIES(${ONIG_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+    ENDIF (ONIG_FOUND)
+ENDIF (PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+IF (NOT ONIG_FOUND AND WITH_MRUBY)
+    MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Onigmo/Oniguruma not found")
+ENDIF (NOT ONIG_FOUND AND WITH_MRUBY)
+
 IF (ZLIB_FOUND)
     INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     LINK_DIRECTORIES(${ZLIB_LIBRARY_DIRS})
@@ -460,7 +473,7 @@
     ELSE ()
         SET(MRUBY_TOOLCHAIN "gcc")
     ENDIF ()
-    ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(mruby MRUBY_TOOLCHAIN=${MRUBY_TOOLCHAIN} MRUBY_CONFIG=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/misc/mruby_config.rb MRUBY_BUILD_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mruby ruby minirake
+    ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(mruby MRUBY_TOOLCHAIN=${MRUBY_TOOLCHAIN} MRUBY_CONFIG=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/misc/mruby_config.rb MRUBY_BUILD_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mruby ruby minirake -v
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/mruby)
     LIST(APPEND STANDALONE_SOURCE_FILES
         lib/handler/mruby.c
@@ -491,7 +504,7 @@
     # note: the paths need to be determined before libmruby.flags.mak is generated
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(h2o
         "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mruby/host/lib/libmruby.a"
-        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mruby/host/mrbgems/mruby-onig-regexp/onigmo-6.1.1/.libs/libonigmo.a"
+        ${ONIG_LIBRARIES}
         "m")
     ADD_DEPENDENCIES(h2o mruby)
 ENDIF (WITH_MRUBY)
--- a/misc/mruby_config.rb
+++ b/misc/mruby_config.rb
@@ -15,13 +15,7 @@
   # use mrbgems
   Dir.glob("../mruby-*/mrbgem.rake") do |x|
     g = File.basename File.dirname x
-    if g == 'mruby-onig-regexp'
-      conf.gem "../deps/#{g}" do |c|
-        c.bundle_onigmo
-      end
-    else
-      conf.gem "../deps/#{g}"
-    end
+    conf.gem "../deps/#{g}"
   end
 
   # include all the core GEMs