diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d498a7c164..03f2f38695 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ fi
 # Check for compiler and library settings.
 
 LIBVIRT_ARG_NSS
-LIBVIRT_ARG_PCIACCESS
 LIBVIRT_ARG_PM_UTILS
 LIBVIRT_ARG_POLKIT
 LIBVIRT_ARG_SANLOCK
@@ -121,7 +120,6 @@ LIBVIRT_ARG_WIRESHARK
 LIBVIRT_ARG_YAJL
 
 LIBVIRT_CHECK_NWFILTER
-LIBVIRT_CHECK_PCIACCESS
 LIBVIRT_CHECK_PM_UTILS
 LIBVIRT_CHECK_POLKIT
 LIBVIRT_CHECK_PTHREAD
@@ -411,7 +409,6 @@ AC_MSG_NOTICE([Libraries])
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([])
 LIBVIRT_RESULT_LIBXL
 LIBVIRT_RESULT_NSS
-LIBVIRT_RESULT_PCIACCESS
 LIBVIRT_RESULT_PM_UTILS
 LIBVIRT_RESULT_POLKIT
 LIBVIRT_RESULT_RBD
diff --git a/m4/virt-pciaccess.m4 b/m4/virt-pciaccess.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index da92647d46..0000000000
--- a/m4/virt-pciaccess.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-dnl The libpciaccess.so library
-dnl
-dnl Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Red Hat, Inc.
-dnl
-dnl This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-dnl modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-dnl License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-dnl version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-dnl
-dnl This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-dnl but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-dnl MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-dnl Lesser General Public License for more details.
-dnl
-dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-dnl License along with this library.  If not, see
-dnl <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-dnl
-
-AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_ARG_PCIACCESS],[
-  LIBVIRT_ARG_WITH_FEATURE([PCIACCESS], [pciaccess], [check], [0.10.0])
-])
-
-AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_CHECK_PCIACCESS],[
-  LIBVIRT_CHECK_PKG([PCIACCESS], [pciaccess], [0.10.0])
-])
-
-AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_RESULT_PCIACCESS],[
-  LIBVIRT_RESULT_LIB([PCIACCESS])
-])
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a544694d27..b2bbeb6b11 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1241,6 +1241,9 @@ openwsman_dep = dependency('openwsman', version: '>=' + openwsman_version, requi
 parallels_sdk_version = '7.0.22'
 parallels_sdk_dep = dependency('parallels-sdk', version: '>=' + parallels_sdk_version, required: false)
 
+pciaccess_version = '0.10.0'
+pciaccess_dep = dependency('pciaccess', version: '>=' + pciaccess_version, required: get_option('pciaccess'))
+
 # readline 7.0 is the first version which includes pkg-config support
 readline_version = '7.0'
 readline_dep = dependency('readline', version: '>=' + readline_version, required: false)
@@ -1396,6 +1399,7 @@ libs_summary = {
   'NLS': have_gnu_gettext_tools,
   'numaclt': numactl_dep.found(),
   'openwsman': openwsman_dep.found(),
+  'pciaccess': pciaccess_dep.found(),
   'readline': readline_dep.found(),
 }
 summary(libs_summary, section: 'Libraries', bool_yn: true)
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index a440020041..2af7465f0e 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ option('netcf', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'netcf support')
 option('nls', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'nls support')
 option('numactl', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'numactl support')
 option('openwsman', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'openwsman support')
+option('pciaccess', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'pciaccess support')
 option('readline', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'readline support')