diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index eca404b..aa0ffeb 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ rusqlite contributors (sorted alphabetically)
 * [Patrick Fernie](https://github.com/pfernie)
 * [Steve Klabnik](https://github.com/steveklabnik)
 * [krdln](https://github.com/krdln)
+* [Andrew Straw](https://github.com/astraw)
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 0af134a..4b341b4 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 * Slight change to the closure types passed to `query_map` and `query_and_then`:
     * Remove the `'static` requirement on the closure's output type.
     * Give the closure a `&SqliteRow` instead of a `SqliteRow`.
+* When building, the environment variable `SQLITE3_LIB_DIR` now takes precedence over pkg-config.
+* If `pkg-config` is not available, we will try to find `libsqlite3` in `/usr/lib`.
 
 # Version 0.4.0 (2015-11-03)
 
diff --git a/libsqlite3-sys/build.rs b/libsqlite3-sys/build.rs
index c5e1e47..a1cdad4 100644
--- a/libsqlite3-sys/build.rs
+++ b/libsqlite3-sys/build.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 extern crate pkg_config;
 
+use std::env;
+use std::fs;
+
 fn main() {
-    pkg_config::find_library("sqlite3").unwrap();
+    // Allow users to specify where to find SQLite.
+    let lib_dir = match env::var("SQLITE3_LIB_DIR") {
+        Ok(dir) => dir,
+        Err(_) => {
+            // See if pkg-config can do everything for us.
+            if pkg_config::find_library("sqlite3").is_ok() {
+                return
+            }
+
+            // Try to fall back to /usr/lib if pkg-config failed.
+            match fs::metadata("/usr/lib") {
+                Ok(ref attr) if attr.is_dir() => "/usr/lib".to_owned(),
+                _ => panic!("Could not find sqlite3. Try setting SQLITE3_LIB_DIR."),
+            }
+        },
+    };
+
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=sqlite3");
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-search={}", lib_dir);
 }