diff --git a/examples/chapters.rs b/examples/chapters.rs
index 6599ebb..0efe6fc 100644
--- a/examples/chapters.rs
+++ b/examples/chapters.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ fn main() {
                 println!("\tend: {}", chapter.end());
 
                 for (k, v) in chapter.metadata().iter() {
-                    println!("\t{}: {}", k, v);
+                    println!("\t{k}: {v}");
                 }
             }
 
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ fn main() {
                 println!("\tstart: {}", chapter.start());
                 println!("\tend: {}", chapter.end());
                 for (k, v) in chapter.metadata().iter() {
-                    println!("\t{}: {}", k, v);
+                    println!("\t{k}: {v}");
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        Err(error) => println!("error: {}", error),
+        Err(error) => println!("error: {error}"),
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/dump-frames.rs b/examples/dump-frames.rs
index 7491862..4d3923c 100644
--- a/examples/dump-frames.rs
+++ b/examples/dump-frames.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), ffmpeg::Error> {
 }
 
 fn save_file(frame: &Video, index: usize) -> std::result::Result<(), std::io::Error> {
-    let mut file = File::create(format!("frame{}.ppm", index))?;
+    let mut file = File::create(format!("frame{index}.ppm"))?;
     file.write_all(format!("P6\n{} {}\n255\n", frame.width(), frame.height()).as_bytes())?;
     file.write_all(frame.data(0))?;
     Ok(())
diff --git a/examples/metadata.rs b/examples/metadata.rs
index fe7c157..47cb4d4 100644
--- a/examples/metadata.rs
+++ b/examples/metadata.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), ffmpeg::Error> {
     match ffmpeg::format::input(&env::args().nth(1).expect("missing file")) {
         Ok(context) => {
             for (k, v) in context.metadata().iter() {
-                println!("{}: {}", k, v);
+                println!("{k}: {v}");
             }
 
             if let Some(stream) = context.streams().best(ffmpeg::media::Type::Video) {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), ffmpeg::Error> {
             }
         }
 
-        Err(error) => println!("error: {}", error),
+        Err(error) => println!("error: {error}"),
     }
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/examples/transcode-x264.rs b/examples/transcode-x264.rs
index e738ac3..21f0019 100644
--- a/examples/transcode-x264.rs
+++ b/examples/transcode-x264.rs
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ fn main() {
     )
     .expect("invalid x264 options string");
 
-    eprintln!("x264 options: {:?}", x264_opts);
+    eprintln!("x264 options: {x264_opts:?}");
 
     ffmpeg::init().unwrap();
     log::set_level(log::Level::Info);
diff --git a/ffmpeg-sys-the-third/build.rs b/ffmpeg-sys-the-third/build.rs
index 15ba864..aa9daae 100644
--- a/ffmpeg-sys-the-third/build.rs
+++ b/ffmpeg-sys-the-third/build.rs
@@ -399,6 +399,27 @@ fn try_vcpkg(statik: bool) -> Option<Vec<PathBuf>> {
         .ok()
 }
 
+// add well known package manager lib paths us as homebrew (or macports)
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+fn add_pkg_config_path() {
+    use std::path::Path;
+
+    let pc_path = pkg_config::get_variable("pkg-config", "pc_path").unwrap();
+    // append M1 homebrew pkgconfig path
+    let brew_pkgconfig = cfg!(target_arch = "aarch64")
+        .then_some("/opt/homebrew/lib/pkgconfig/")
+        .unwrap_or("/usr/local/homebrew/lib/pkgconfig/"); // x86 as fallback
+    if !pc_path.to_lowercase().contains(brew_pkgconfig) && Path::new(brew_pkgconfig).is_dir() {
+        let new_pc_path = env::var("PKG_CONFIG_PATH")
+            // PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/our/path:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
+            .map(|p| format!("{brew_pkgconfig}:{p}"))
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| brew_pkgconfig.to_string());
+        env::set_var("PKG_CONFIG_PATH", new_pc_path);
+    }
+}
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
+fn add_pkg_config_path() {}
+
 fn check_features(
     include_paths: Vec<PathBuf>,
     infos: &[(&'static str, Option<&'static str>, &'static str)],
@@ -708,6 +729,7 @@ fn main() {
     }
     // Fallback to pkg-config
     else {
+        add_pkg_config_path();
         pkg_config::Config::new()
             .statik(statik)
             .probe("libavutil")