diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc
index 447e5b7d43..489ec1abc8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://README.licensing;md5=1530e36fe1304d4535513de90a290df9
                     file://licenses/COPYING.UCB;md5=263860f8968d8bafa5392cab74285262 \
                     file://getopt/COPYING;md5=8ca43cbc842c2336e835926c2166c28b"
 
-inherit autotools gettext
+inherit autotools gettext pkgconfig
 DEPENDS = "zlib ncurses"
 DEPENDS_virtclass-native_append = " lzo-native"