diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 6e6974f..8108387 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@
     conf.env.WITH_TESTS = conf.options.with_tests
     conf.env.WITH_TOOLS = conf.options.with_tools
 
-    conf.check_cfg(package='libndn-cxx', args=['--cflags', '--libs'], uselib_store='NDN_CXX',
-                   pkg_config_path=os.environ.get('PKG_CONFIG_PATH', '%s/pkgconfig' % conf.env.LIBDIR))
+    pkg_config_path = os.environ.get('PKG_CONFIG_PATH', f'{conf.env.LIBDIR}/pkgconfig')
+    conf.check_cfg(package='libndn-cxx', args=['libndn-cxx >= 0.8.0', '--cflags', '--libs'],
+                   uselib_store='NDN_CXX', pkg_config_path=pkg_config_path)
 
     conf.check_sqlite3()
 
-    boost_libs = ['system', 'program_options', 'iostreams', 'filesystem', 'thread', 'log']
+    boost_libs = ['system', 'program_options', 'filesystem', 'iostreams']
     if conf.env.WITH_TESTS:
         boost_libs.append('unit_test_framework')
     conf.check_boost(lib=boost_libs, mt=True)