diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index b68bad7c..fc9fd309 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -307,6 +307,11 @@ src_libzmq_la_CPPFLAGS += ${pgm_CFLAGS}
 src_libzmq_la_LIBADD += ${pgm_LIBS}
 endif
 
+if HAVE_NORM
+src_libzmq_la_CPPFLAGS += ${norm_CFLAGS}
+src_libzmq_la_LIBADD += ${norm_LIBS}
+endif
+
 if BUILD_GSSAPI
 src_libzmq_la_CPPFLAGS += ${gssapi_krb5_CFLAGS}
 src_libzmq_la_LIBADD += ${gssapi_krb5_LIBS}
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 017de276..98adfdb4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -537,19 +537,29 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([norm],
 AC_MSG_CHECKING("with_norm_ext = ${with_norm_ext}")
 
 if test "x$with_norm_ext" != "xno"; then
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-    AC_DEFINE(ZMQ_HAVE_NORM, 1, [Have NORM protocol extension])
+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES([norm], [norm], [ have_norm_library="yes" ], [
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
 
-    if test "x$with_norm_ext" != "xyes"; then
-        norm_path="${with_norm_ext}"
-        LIBZMQ_EXTRA_CXXFLAGS="-I${norm_path}/include ${LIBZMQ_EXTRA_CXXFLAGS}"
-        LIBZMQ_EXTRA_LDFLAGS="-L${norm_path}/lib ${LIBZMQ_EXTRA_LDFLAGS}"
-    fi
-    LIBS="-L${norm_path}/lib -lnorm $LIBS"
-    PKGCFG_LIBS_PRIVATE="$PKGCFG_LIBS_PRIVATE -lnorm"
+        norm_LIBS=""
+        norm_CFLAGS=""
+        if test "x$with_norm_ext" != "xyes"; then
+            norm_path="${with_norm_ext}"
+            norm_CFLAGS="${norm_CFLAGS} -I${norm_path}/include"
+            norm_LIBS="${norm_LIBS} -L${norm_path}/lib"
+        fi
+        norm_LIBS="${norm_LIBS} -lnorm"
+        have_norm_library="yes"
+        AC_SUBST(norm_LIBS)
+        AC_SUBST(norm_CFLAGS)
+    ])
 else
     AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
 fi
+if test "x$have_norm_library" = "xyes"; then
+    AC_DEFINE(ZMQ_HAVE_NORM, [1], [Have NORM protocol extension])
+    PKGCFG_LIBS_PRIVATE="$PKGCFG_LIBS_PRIVATE $norm_LIBS"
+fi
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_NORM, test "x$have_norm_library" = "xyes")
 
 # build using vmci
 have_vmci_library="no"
diff --git a/packaging/debian/control b/packaging/debian/control
index d897a422..0acc813c 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/control
+++ b/packaging/debian/control
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Maintainer: libzmq Developers <zeromq-dev@lists.zeromq.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
  dh-autoreconf,
  libkrb5-dev,
+ libnorm-dev,
  libpgm-dev,
  libsodium-dev,
  libunwind-dev | libunwind8-dev | libunwind7-dev,
diff --git a/packaging/debian/rules b/packaging/debian/rules
index 608d614a..d60e240d 100755
--- a/packaging/debian/rules
+++ b/packaging/debian/rules
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ override_dh_clean:
 	rm -f config.log
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-	dh_auto_configure -- --with-pgm --with-libsodium --enable-drafts=$(DRAFTS) --with-libgssapi_krb5=yes
+	dh_auto_configure -- --with-pgm --with-libsodium --enable-drafts=$(DRAFTS) --with-libgssapi_krb5=yes --with-norm=yes
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
 ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
diff --git a/packaging/debian/zeromq.dsc.obs b/packaging/debian/zeromq.dsc.obs
index 5d7ad2d3..22ef5be9 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/zeromq.dsc.obs
+++ b/packaging/debian/zeromq.dsc.obs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Version: 4.2.3
 Maintainer: libzmq Developers <zeromq-dev@lists.zeromq.org>
 Homepage: http://www.zeromq.org/
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), dh-autoreconf, libkrb5-dev, libpgm-dev, libsodium-dev, libunwind-dev | libunwind8-dev | libunwind7-dev, pkg-config, asciidoc-base | asciidoc, xmlto
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), dh-autoreconf, libkrb5-dev, libpgm-dev, libnorm-dev, libsodium-dev, libunwind-dev | libunwind8-dev | libunwind7-dev, pkg-config, asciidoc-base | asciidoc, xmlto
 Package-List:
  libzmq3-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any
  libzmq5 deb libs optional arch=any