diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/rbutilqt.pro b/rbutil/rbutilqt/rbutilqt.pro
index 0b1f5fde54..c8236efa4c 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/rbutilqt.pro
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/rbutilqt.pro
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@ message("using Rockbox basedir $$RBBASE_DIR")
     LIBSPEEX = $$system(pkg-config --silence-errors --libs speex speexdsp)
 }

+# Try different names for libcryptopp. Different distros use different names
+# (for whatever reason)
+unix {
+    CRYPTOPP = $$system(pkg-config --silence-errors --libs libcryptopp)
+    CRYPTOPP += $$system(pkg-config --silence-errors --libs libcrypto++)
+    CRYPTOPP += $$system(pkg-config --silence-errors --libs cryptopp)
+    CRYPTOPP += $$system(pkg-config --silence-errors --libs crypto++)
+}
+
 extralibs.commands = $$SILENT \
         $(MAKE) -f $$RBBASE_DIR/rbutil/rbutilqt/Makefile.libs \
         $$VERBOSE \
@@ -129,6 +138,7 @@ INCLUDEPATH += logger

 DEPENDPATH = $$INCLUDEPATH

+LIBS += $$CRYPTOPP
 LIBS += -L$$OUT_PWD -L$$MYLIBBUILDDIR
 # append all RBLIBS to LIBS
 for(rblib, RBLIBS) {