diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index a522a3e3d5..b4390a6e22 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
    past entries belonging to author(s): Viktor Szakats.
 */
 
+2010-01-02 15:00 UTC+0100 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
+  * config/global.mk
+    + Added rudamentary package manager detection (so far for
+      darwin and linux). Please extend. This will allow to make
+      proper dependency checking in detect.mk.
+
 2010-01-02 13:49 UTC+0100 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
   * harbour.spec
     + Added hbcairo enabler logic.
diff --git a/harbour/config/global.mk b/harbour/config/global.mk
index 52b257b3c3..39618b1742 100644
--- a/harbour/config/global.mk
+++ b/harbour/config/global.mk
@@ -1045,6 +1045,39 @@ ifeq ($(HB_INIT_DONE),)
    endif
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(HB_HOST_PKGM),)
+   ifeq ($(HB_PLATFORM),darwin)
+      ifneq ($(wildcard /sw/bin/fink),)
+         HB_HOST_PKGM += fink
+      endif
+      ifneq ($(wildcard /opt/local/bin/port),)
+         HB_HOST_PKGM += macports
+      endif
+   else ifeq ($(HB_PLATFORM),linux)
+      _UNAME_V := $(shell uname -v)
+      ifneq      ($(findstring Ubuntu,$(_UNAME_V)),)
+         HB_HOST_PKGM += deb
+      else ifneq ($(findstring ubuntu,$(_UNAME_V)),)
+         HB_HOST_PKGM += deb
+      else ifneq ($(findstring Debian,$(_UNAME_V)),)
+         HB_HOST_PKGM += deb
+      else ifneq ($(findstring debian,$(_UNAME_V)),)
+         HB_HOST_PKGM += deb
+      else
+         HB_HOST_PKGM += rpm
+      endif
+   endif
+endif
+export HB_HOST_PKGM
+
+ifeq ($(HB_INIT_DONE),)
+   ifneq ($(MAKE_381),)
+      ifneq ($(HB_HOST_PKGM),)
+         $(info ! HB_HOST_PKGM: $(HB_HOST_PKGM))
+      endif
+   endif
+endif
+
 # Reserve variables for local compiler flags. Makefiles
 # should only modify these instead of HB_USER_* variables
 # as these can have bad side effects (doubly added values)