diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 8d8ae97..6874e6d 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,165 @@
 extern crate pkg_config;
 
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::env;
+use std::ffi::OsString;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::process::Command;
+
 fn main() {
-  pkg_config::find_library("libusb-1.0").unwrap();
+    let target = env::var("TARGET").unwrap();
+
+    let lib_dir = env::var_os("LIBUSB_LIB_DIR").map(PathBuf::from);
+    let include_dir = env::var_os("LIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIR").map(PathBuf::from);
+
+    let (lib_dir, include_dir) = if lib_dir.is_none() || include_dir.is_none() {
+        let libusb_dir = env::var_os("LIBUSB_DIR").unwrap_or_else(|| {
+            find_libusb_dir(&target)
+        });
+        let libusb_dir = Path::new(&libusb_dir);
+        let lib_dir = lib_dir.unwrap_or_else(|| libusb_dir.join("lib"));
+        let include_dir = include_dir.unwrap_or_else(|| libusb_dir.join("include"));
+        (lib_dir, include_dir)
+    } else {
+        (lib_dir.unwrap(), include_dir.unwrap())
+    };
+
+    if !Path::new(&lib_dir).exists() {
+        panic!("libusb-1.0 library directory does not exist: {}",
+               lib_dir.to_string_lossy());
+    }
+    if !Path::new(&include_dir).exists() {
+        panic!("libusb-1.0 include directory does not exist: {}",
+               include_dir.to_string_lossy());
+    }
+
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}", lib_dir.to_string_lossy());
+    println!("cargo:include={}", include_dir.to_string_lossy());
+
+    let libs = vec!["libusb-1.0"];
+
+    let kind = determine_mode(Path::new(&lib_dir), &libs);
+    for lib in libs.iter() {
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib={}={}", kind, lib);
+    }
+}
+
+fn find_libusb_dir(target: &str) -> OsString {
+    let host = env::var("HOST").unwrap();
+
+    try_pkg_config();
+
+    let mut msg = format!("
+Could not find directory of libusb-1.0 installation, and this `-sys` crate cannot
+proceed without this knowledge. If libusb-1.0 is installed and this crate had
+trouble finding it,  you can set the `LIBUSB_DIR` environment variable for the
+compilation process.
+    $HOST = {}
+    $TARGET = {}
+    openssl-sys = {}
+",
+    host, target, env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
+
+    if host.contains("unknown-linux") && target.contains("unknown-linux-gnu") {
+        if Command::new("pkg-config").output().is_err() {
+            msg.push_str(&format!("
+It looks like you're compiling on Linux and also targeting Linux. Currently this
+requires the `pkg-config` utility to find libusb-1.0 but unfortunately `pkg-config`
+could not be found.
+"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    if host.contains("windows") && target.contains("windows-gnu") {
+        msg.push_str(&format!("
+It looks like you're compiling for MinGW but you may not have either libusb-1.0 or
+pkg-config installed.
+"
+));
+    }
+
+    if host.contains("windows") && target.contains("windows-msvc") {
+        msg.push_str(&format!("
+It looks like you're compiling for MSVC but we couldn't detect a libusb-1.0
+installation.
+"
+));
+    }
+
+    panic!(msg);
+}
+
+/// Attempt to find libusb through pkg-config.
+///
+/// Note that if this succeeds then the function does not return as pkg-config
+/// typically tells us all the information that we need.
+fn try_pkg_config() {
+    let target = env::var("TARGET").unwrap();
+    let host = env::var("HOST").unwrap();
+
+    // If we're going to windows-gnu we can use pkg-config, but only so long as
+    // we're coming from a windows host.
+    //
+    // Otherwise if we're going to windows we probably can't use pkg-config.
+    if target.contains("windows-gnu") && host.contains("windows") {
+        env::set_var("PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_CROSS", "1");
+    } else if target.contains("windows") {
+        return
+    }
+
+    let lib = pkg_config::Config::new()
+        .print_system_libs(false)
+        .find("libusb-1.0")
+        .unwrap();
+
+    for include in lib.include_paths.iter() {
+        println!("cargo:include={}", include.display());
+    }
+
+    std::process::exit(0);
 }
+
+/// Given a libdir for libusb (where artifacts are located) as well as the name
+/// of the libraries we're linking to, figure out whether we should link them
+/// statically or dynamically.
+fn determine_mode(libdir: &Path, libs: &[&str]) -> &'static str {
+    // First see if a mode was explicitly requested
+    let kind = env::var("LIBUSB_STATIC").ok();
+    match kind.as_ref().map(|s| &s[..]) {
+        Some("0") => return "dylib",
+        Some(_) => return "static",
+        None => {}
+    }
+
+    // Next, see what files we actually have to link against, and see what our
+    // possibilities even are.
+    let files = libdir.read_dir().unwrap()
+                      .map(|e| e.unwrap())
+                      .map(|e| e.file_name())
+                      .filter_map(|e| e.into_string().ok())
+                      .collect::<HashSet<_>>();
+    let can_static = libs.iter().all(|l| {
+        files.contains(&format!("lib{}.a", l)) ||
+            files.contains(&format!("{}.lib", l))
+    });
+    let can_dylib = libs.iter().all(|l| {
+        files.contains(&format!("lib{}.so", l)) ||
+            files.contains(&format!("{}.dll", l)) ||
+            files.contains(&format!("lib{}.dylib", l))
+    });
+    match (can_static, can_dylib) {
+        (true, false) => return "static",
+        (false, true) => return "dylib",
+        (false, false) => {
+            panic!("libusb-1.0 libdir at `{}` does not contain the required files \
+                    to either statically or dynamically link libusb-1.0",
+                   libdir.display());
+        }
+        (true, true) => {}
+    }
+
+    // Ok, we've got not explicit preference and can *either* link statically or
+    // link dynamically. In the interest of "security upgrades" and/or "best
+    // practices with security libs", let's link dynamically.
+    "dylib"
+}
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