diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 497240f..13faf8d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -876,8 +876,8 @@ if test x$tss = xtrousers; then
 fi
 
 if test x$imv_swid = xtrue; then
-	AC_CHECK_LIB([json],[main],[LIBS="$LIBS"],[AC_MSG_ERROR([JSON library libjson not found])],[])
-	AC_CHECK_HEADER([json/json.h],,[AC_MSG_ERROR([JSON header json/json.h not found!])])
+	AC_CHECK_LIB([json-c],[main],[LIBS="$LIBS"],[AC_MSG_ERROR([JSON library libjson not found])],[])
+	AC_CHECK_HEADER([json-c/json.h],,[AC_MSG_ERROR([JSON header json/json.h not found!])])
 fi
 
 if test x$dumm = xtrue; then
diff --git a/src/libpts/plugins/imv_swid/Makefile.am b/src/libpts/plugins/imv_swid/Makefile.am
index 77f33e6..547254d 100644
--- a/src/libpts/plugins/imv_swid/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/libpts/plugins/imv_swid/Makefile.am
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ imv_swid_la_LIBADD = \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/libimcv/libimcv.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/libpts/libpts.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/libstrongswan/libstrongswan.la \
-	-ljson
+	-ljson-c
 
 imv_swid_la_SOURCES = \
 	imv_swid.c imv_swid_state.h imv_swid_state.c \
diff --git a/src/libpts/plugins/imv_swid/imv_swid_rest.h b/src/libpts/plugins/imv_swid/imv_swid_rest.h
index 93e3d6a..7566a93 100644
--- a/src/libpts/plugins/imv_swid/imv_swid_rest.h
+++ b/src/libpts/plugins/imv_swid/imv_swid_rest.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 #include <library.h>
 
-#include <json/json.h>
+#include <json-c/json.h>
 
 typedef struct imv_swid_rest_t imv_swid_rest_t;
 
diff --git a/src/libpts/plugins/imv_swid/imv_swid_state.h b/src/libpts/plugins/imv_swid/imv_swid_state.h
index 7ffabfd..1ab7942 100644
--- a/src/libpts/plugins/imv_swid/imv_swid_state.h
+++ b/src/libpts/plugins/imv_swid/imv_swid_state.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <swid/swid_inventory.h>
 #include <library.h>
 
-#include <json/json.h>
+#include <json-c/json.h>
 
 typedef struct imv_swid_state_t imv_swid_state_t;
 typedef enum imv_swid_handshake_state_t imv_swid_handshake_state_t;