diff --git a/darshan-runtime/configure.ac b/darshan-runtime/configure.ac
index 8cdeb7753..e27feaeb9 100644
--- a/darshan-runtime/configure.ac
+++ b/darshan-runtime/configure.ac
@@ -333,11 +333,17 @@ if test "x$enable_darshan_runtime" = xyes ; then
       if test "x$ENABLE_MPI" = xno ; then
          AC_MSG_ERROR([--enable-apxc-mod Autoperf XC module requires MPI support])
       fi
+      with_papi=`pkg-config --libs papi`
+      if test "x$?" = x0 ; then
+         CPPFLAGS+=`pkg-config --cflags papi`
+         papi_version=`pkg-config --modversion papi`
+      else
+         AC_CHECK_HEADER([papi.h],
+                         [with_papi=-lpapi],
+                         [AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find papi header required for Autoperf XC module])],
+                         [])
+      fi
       abssrcdir=$(readlink -f ${srcdir})
-      AC_CHECK_HEADER([papi.h],
-                      [with_papi=-lpapi],
-                      [AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find papi header required for Autoperf XC module])],
-                      [])
       AC_CHECK_FILE([${abssrcdir}/../modules/autoperf/apxc/darshan-apxc-log-format.h],
                     [],
                     [AC_MSG_ERROR([The Autoperf XC git submodule is not present])])
@@ -1083,6 +1089,11 @@ if test "x$enable_darshan_runtime" = xyes ; then
          enable_apmpi_mod="yes (collective sync mode)"
       fi
    fi
+   if test "x$enable_apxc_mod" = xyes ; then
+      if test -n "$papi_version" ; then
+         enable_apxc_mod="yes (using papi $papi_version)"
+      fi
+   fi
    echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ${PACKAGE_NAME} Version ${PACKAGE_VERSION} configured with the following features:"
    if test "x$ENABLE_MPI" = xyes ; then
@@ -1101,11 +1112,11 @@ if test "x$enable_darshan_runtime" = xyes ; then
            MPI-IO        module support  - $enable_mpiio_mod
            AUTOPERF MPI  module support  - $enable_apmpi_mod
            AUTOPERF XC   module support  - $enable_apxc_mod
+           PnetCDF       module support  - $enable_pnetcdf_mod
            HDF5          module support  - $enable_hdf5_mod
+           Lustre        module support  - $enable_lustre_mod
            DAOS          module support  - $enable_daos_mod
-           PnetCDF       module support  - $enable_pnetcdf_mod
            BG/Q          module support  - $enable_bgq_mod
-           Lustre        module support  - $enable_lustre_mod
            MDHIM         module support  - $enable_mdhim_mod
            HEATMAP       module support  - $enable_heatmap_mod
            LDMS          runtime module  - $enable_ldms_mod