--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index b49d127..6b87389 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -370,6 +370,8 @@ fi
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_LIBCPUFREQ, test x$have_libcpufreq = xyes)
+ AC_SUBST(LIBCPUFREQ_LIBS)
+
++AC_CHECK_HEADERS([cpupower.h])
++
+ build_cpufreq_applet=no
+
+ if test x$disable_cpufreq = xno; then
+diff --git a/cpufreq/src/cpufreq-monitor-libcpufreq.c b/cpufreq/src/cpufreq-monitor-libcpufreq.c
+index 4fa9d4c..ba52fde 100644
+--- a/cpufreq/src/cpufreq-monitor-libcpufreq.c
++++ b/cpufreq/src/cpufreq-monitor-libcpufreq.c
+@@ -19,12 +19,16 @@
+ * Authors : Carlos GarcĂa Campos <carlosgc@gnome.org>
+ */
+
++#include <config.h>
++
+ #include <glib.h>
+ #include <glib/gi18n.h>
+
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+-#include <linux/version.h>
+ #include <cpufreq.h>
++#ifdef HAVE_CPUPOWER_H
++#include <cpupower.h>
++#endif
+ #include "cpufreq-monitor-libcpufreq.h"
+ #include "cpufreq-utils.h"
+
+@@ -98,7 +102,7 @@
+ return CPUFREQ_MONITOR (monitor);
+ }
+
+-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE > KERNEL_VERSION(4, 7, 0)
++#ifndef HAVE_CPUPOWER_H
+ extern int cpupower_is_cpu_online (unsigned int cpu);
+ #endif
+
+@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@
+ /* Check whether it failed because
+ * cpu is not online.
+ */
+-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 7, 0)
++#ifndef HAVE_CPUPOWER_H
+ if (!cpufreq_cpu_exists (cpu)) {
+ #else
+ if (cpupower_is_cpu_online (cpu)) {