diff --git a/templates/pkg-config-0.23.tmpl b/templates/pkg-config-0.23.tmpl
index 2376e671854..1c67d22b6e8 100755
--- a/templates/pkg-config-0.23.tmpl
+++ b/templates/pkg-config-0.23.tmpl
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=pkg-config-0.23
 extract_sufx=".tar.gz"
 url=http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases
 build_style=gnu_configure
+configure_args="--with-pc-path=$PKGFS_MASTERDIR/lib/pkgconfig"
 short_desc="System for managing library compile/link flags"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=0aa5565430d609319917ac2c8ffeaa5e4a509489