diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/quota/quota_4.01.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/quota/quota_4.01.bb
index 4dc7e68efb..9835f062a4 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/quota/quota_4.01.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/quota/quota_4.01.bb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/quota-tools"
 
 DEPENDS = "gettext-native e2fsprogs"
 
-inherit autotools gettext
+inherit autotools gettext pkgconfig
 
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += 'STRIP=""'