diff --git a/ckb.pro b/ckb.pro
index 04fa92c204..d656c005b7 100644
--- a/ckb.pro
+++ b/ckb.pro
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SUBDIRS = \
 
 # Music visualizer requires Pulseaudio libraries
 linux {
-    system(pkg-config --exists libpulse) {
+    packagesExist(libpulse libpulse-simple) {
         SUBDIRS += src/ckb-mviz
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ckb-mviz/ckb-mviz.pro b/src/ckb-mviz/ckb-mviz.pro
index cb26fc524a..98d5fe2ad4 100644
--- a/src/ckb-mviz/ckb-mviz.pro
+++ b/src/ckb-mviz/ckb-mviz.pro
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ TARGET = ckb-mviz
 
 QMAKE_CFLAGS += -std=c99
 QMAKE_MAC_SDK = macosx10.10
-QMAKE_LFLAGS += -lpulse-simple
 
 macx {
     DESTDIR = $$PWD/../../ckb.app/Contents/Resources/ckb-animations
@@ -11,9 +10,9 @@ macx {
     DESTDIR = $$PWD/../../bin/ckb-animations
 }
 
-CONFIG   = debug
+CONFIG   = 
 QT       =
-LIBS     =
+LIBS += -lpulse-simple
 
 SOURCES += \
     main.c \