diff --git a/network/silc-client/silc-client.conf b/network/silc-client/silc-client.conf
index 698c8bfab..52c764582 100644
--- a/network/silc-client/silc-client.conf
+++ b/network/silc-client/silc-client.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../silc-client/silc-client.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2011 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
@@ -17,3 +18,8 @@ if [ $prefix_auto = 1 ] ; then
         set_confopt
 fi
 
+# use the silc-toolkit if installed
+if pkginstalled -f silk-toolkit; then
+	var-append extraconfopt ' ' "--with-silc-includes=$( pkgprefix -r includedir silc-toolkit )"
+	var-append extraconfopt ' ' "--with-silc-libs=$( pkgprefix -r libdir silc-toolkit )"
+fi