diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 281a667..894f23c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -164,16 +164,17 @@ else
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_NCURSES], [test "${want_ncurses}" = "1"])
 
-dnl check for Qt
+dnl Check for Qt
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([qt],AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-qt],
               [Qt interface support (default disabled)]))
 qt_ok=0
 AS_IF([test "${enable_qt}" != "no"],
       [PKG_CHECK_MODULES(QT, [QtCore QtGui QtNetwork >= 4.2.0],
                          [qt_ok=1
-                          AC_PATH_PROG(MOC, moc, moc,`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=exec_prefix QtCore`/bin)
-                          AC_PATH_PROG(UIC, uic, uic,`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=exec_prefix QtCore`/bin)
-                          AC_PATH_PROG(RCC, rcc, rcc,`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=exec_prefix QtCore`/bin)
+                          dnl Check for the qt4 suffix first (useful on Archlinux, which uses qt5 by default)
+                          AC_PATH_PROGS(MOC, [moc-qt4 moc], moc,`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=exec_prefix QtCore`/bin)
+                          AC_PATH_PROGS(UIC, [uic-qt4 uic], uic,`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=exec_prefix QtCore`/bin)
+                          AC_PATH_PROGS(RCC, [rcc-qt4 rcc], rcc,`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=exec_prefix QtCore`/bin)
                           QT4LOCALEDIR="$($PKG_CONFIG --variable=prefix QtCore)/share/qt4/translations/"
                           AC_SUBST(QT4LOCALEDIR)
                          ],