diff --git a/modules/find/FindInit.cmake b/modules/find/FindInit.cmake
index 8a7acc597b512a8046c2ebef526e1c3d3652ac46..e59d41a077848029e04065d5f46bba57bcf0277d 100644
--- a/modules/find/FindInit.cmake
+++ b/modules/find/FindInit.cmake
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ include(FindHeadersAndLibs)
 
 # To transform relative path into absolute for a list of libraries
 include(LibrariesAbsolutePath)
+include(FindPkgconfigLibrariesAbsolutePath)
 
 # Some macros to print status when search for headers and libs
 include(PrintFindStatus)
diff --git a/modules/find/LibrariesAbsolutePath.cmake b/modules/find/LibrariesAbsolutePath.cmake
index 93f7b3519b1bc55a4b1fd2d57e4fb6056f265563..eb59c112c729a24e7119b78beeb0db7b682dd3db 100644
--- a/modules/find/LibrariesAbsolutePath.cmake
+++ b/modules/find/LibrariesAbsolutePath.cmake
@@ -63,78 +63,6 @@ macro(LIBRARIES_ABSOLUTE_PATH lib_list hints_paths)
   endforeach()
 endmacro()
 
-# Transform relative path into absolute path for libraries found with the
-# pkg_search_module cmake macro
-# _prefix: the name of the CMake variable used when pkg_search_module was called
-# e.g. for pkg_search_module(BLAS blas) _prefix would be BLAS
-macro(FIND_PKGCONFIG_LIBRARIES_ABSOLUTE_PATH _prefix)
-  if(WIN32)
-    string(REPLACE ":" ";" _lib_env "$ENV{LIB}")
-  elseif(APPLE)
-    string(REPLACE ":" ";" _lib_env "$ENV{DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH}")
-  else()
-    string(REPLACE ":" ";" _lib_env "$ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH}")
-  endif()
-  list(APPEND _lib_env "${CMAKE_C_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES}")
-  # non static case
-  set(${_prefix}_LIBRARIES_COPY "${${_prefix}_LIBRARIES}")
-  set(${_prefix}_LIBRARIES "")
-  foreach(_library ${${_prefix}_LIBRARIES_COPY})
-    if(EXISTS "${_library}")
-      list(APPEND ${_prefix}_LIBRARIES ${_library})
-    else()
-      get_filename_component(_ext "${_library}" EXT)
-      set(_lib_extensions ".so" ".a" ".dyld" ".dll")
-      list(FIND _lib_extensions "${_ext}" _index)
-      if (${_index} GREATER -1)
-        get_filename_component(_library "${_library}" NAME_WE)
-      endif()
-      find_library(_library_path NAMES ${_library}
-          HINTS ${${_prefix}_LIBDIR} ${${_prefix}_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${_lib_env})
-      if (_library_path)
-          list(APPEND ${_prefix}_LIBRARIES ${_library_path})
-      else()
-          message(FATAL_ERROR "Dependency of ${_prefix} '${_library}' NOT FOUND")
-      endif()
-      unset(_library_path CACHE)
-    endif()
-  endforeach()
-  set (${_prefix}_LIBRARIES "${${_prefix}_LIBRARIES}" CACHE INTERNAL "" FORCE)
-  # static case
-  set(${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES_COPY "${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES}")
-  set(${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES "")
-  foreach(_library ${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES_COPY})
-    if(EXISTS "${_library}")
-      list(APPEND ${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES ${_library})
-    else()
-      get_filename_component(_ext "${_library}" EXT)
-      set(_lib_extensions ".so" ".a" ".dyld" ".dll")
-      list(FIND _lib_extensions "${_ext}" _index)
-      if (${_index} GREATER -1)
-        get_filename_component(_library "${_library}" NAME_WE)
-      endif()
-      # try static first
-      set (default_find_library_suffixes ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})
-      set (CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
-      find_library(_library_path NAMES ${_library}
-          HINTS ${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBDIR} ${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${_lib_env})
-      set (CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${default_find_library_suffixes})
-      # if not found try dynamic
-      if (NOT _library_path)
-        find_library(_library_path NAMES ${_library}
-            HINTS ${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBDIR} ${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${_lib_env})
-      endif()
-      if (_library_path)
-          list(APPEND ${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES ${_library_path})
-      else()
-          message(FATAL_ERROR "Dependency of ${_prefix} '${_library}' NOT FOUND")
-      endif()
-      unset(_library_path CACHE)
-    endif()
-  endforeach()
-  set (${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES "${${_prefix}_STATIC_LIBRARIES}" CACHE INTERNAL "" FORCE)
-endmacro()
-
 ##
 ## @end file LibrariesAbsolutePath.cmake
 ##