diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index ab13e1f9..48a209e8 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 # encoding: utf-8
 
+import os
+import Options
+import Utils
+
 APPNAME='ladish'
 VERSION='1'
 
@@ -8,12 +12,89 @@ VERSION='1'
 srcdir = '.'
 blddir = 'build'
 
+def display_msg(conf, msg="", status = None, color = None):
+    if status:
+        conf.check_message_1(msg)
+        conf.check_message_2(status, color)
+    else:
+        Utils.pprint('NORMAL', msg)
+
+def display_raw_text(conf, text, color = 'NORMAL'):
+    Utils.pprint(color, text, sep = '')
+
+def display_line(conf, text, color = 'NORMAL'):
+    Utils.pprint(color, text, sep = os.linesep)
+
 def set_options(opt):
     opt.tool_options('compiler_cc')
+    opt.add_option('--enable-pkg-config-dbus-service-dir', action='store_true', default=False, help='force D-Bus service install dir to be one returned by pkg-config')
 
 def configure(conf):
     conf.check_tool('compiler_cc')
 
+    conf.check_cfg(
+        package = 'dbus-1',
+        atleast_version = '1.0.0',
+        mandatory = True,
+        errmsg = "not installed, see http://dbus.freedesktop.org/",
+        args='--cflags --libs')
+
+    dbus_dir = conf.check_cfg(package='dbus-1', args='--variable=session_bus_services_dir', msg="Retrieving D-Bus services dir")
+    if not dbus_dir:
+        return
+
+    dbus_dir = dbus_dir.strip()
+    conf.env['DBUS_SERVICES_DIR_REAL'] = dbus_dir
+
+    if Options.options.enable_pkg_config_dbus_service_dir:
+        conf.env['DBUS_SERVICES_DIR'] = dbus_dir
+    else:
+        conf.env['DBUS_SERVICES_DIR'] = os.path.join(os.path.normpath(conf.env['PREFIX']), 'share', 'dbus-1', 'services')
+
+    conf.check_cfg(
+        package = 'uuid',
+        mandatory = True,
+        errmsg = "not installed, see http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/",
+        args='--cflags --libs')
+
+    conf.check_cfg(
+        package = 'libxml-2.0',
+        atleast_version = '2.0.0',
+        mandatory = True,
+        errmsg = "not installed, see http://xmlsoft.org/",
+        args='--cflags --libs')
+
+    display_msg(conf)
+
+    display_msg(conf, "==================")
+    version_msg = APPNAME + "-" + VERSION
+
+    #if svnrev:
+    #    version_msg += " exported from r" + rev
+    #else:
+    #    version_msg += " git revision will checked and eventually updated during build"
+
+    display_msg(conf, version_msg)
+
+    display_msg(conf)
+    display_msg(conf, "Install prefix", conf.env['PREFIX'], 'CYAN')
+
+    display_msg(conf, 'D-Bus service install directory', conf.env['DBUS_SERVICES_DIR'], 'CYAN')
+
+    if conf.env['DBUS_SERVICES_DIR'] != conf.env['DBUS_SERVICES_DIR_REAL']:
+        display_msg(conf)
+        display_line(conf,     "WARNING: D-Bus session services directory as reported by pkg-config is", 'RED')
+        display_raw_text(conf, "WARNING:", 'RED')
+        display_line(conf,      conf.env['DBUS_SERVICES_DIR_REAL'], 'CYAN')
+        display_line(conf,     'WARNING: but service file will be installed in', 'RED')
+        display_raw_text(conf, "WARNING:", 'RED')
+        display_line(conf,      conf.env['DBUS_SERVICES_DIR'], 'CYAN')
+        display_line(conf,     'WARNING: You may need to adjust your D-Bus configuration after installing jackdbus', 'RED')
+        display_line(conf,     'WARNING: You can override dbus service install directory', 'RED')
+        display_line(conf,     'WARNING: with --enable-pkg-config-dbus-service-dir option to this script', 'RED')
+
+    display_msg(conf)
+
 def build(bld):
     pass