diff --git a/sys-boot/grub/grub-2.06_rc1.ebuild b/sys-boot/grub/grub-2.06_rc1.ebuild
index 88a1c7ee41f08..2df8d2f447c91 100644
--- a/sys-boot/grub/grub-2.06_rc1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-boot/grub/grub-2.06_rc1.ebuild
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ src_configure() {
 	unset LDFLAGS
 
 	tc-export CC NM OBJCOPY RANLIB STRIP
-	tc-export BUILD_CC # Bug 485592
+	tc-export BUILD_CC BUILD_PKG_CONFIG
 
 	MULTIBUILD_VARIANTS=()
 	local p
diff --git a/sys-boot/grub/grub-9999.ebuild b/sys-boot/grub/grub-9999.ebuild
index 2e85d9e032919..dc9469d354ad7 100644
--- a/sys-boot/grub/grub-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-boot/grub/grub-9999.ebuild
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ src_configure() {
 	unset LDFLAGS
 
 	tc-export CC NM OBJCOPY RANLIB STRIP
-	tc-export BUILD_CC # Bug 485592
+	tc-export BUILD_CC BUILD_PKG_CONFIG
 
 	MULTIBUILD_VARIANTS=()
 	local p