diff --git a/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-8.10.4.ebuild b/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-8.10.4.ebuild
index 7257681ccbe7a..265658399337c 100644
--- a/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-8.10.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-8.10.4.ebuild
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ PREBUILT_BINARY_RDEPENDS="${PREBUILT_BINARY_DEPENDS}
 RDEPEND+="binary? ( ${PREBUILT_BINARY_RDEPENDS} )"
 
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? ( app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.2
 		app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.5
 		app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets
diff --git a/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-8.8.4.ebuild b/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-8.8.4.ebuild
index 0ad88139e259b..2b7cd22116bc9 100644
--- a/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-8.8.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-8.8.4.ebuild
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ PREBUILT_BINARY_RDEPENDS="${PREBUILT_BINARY_DEPENDS}
 RDEPEND+="binary? ( ${PREBUILT_BINARY_RDEPENDS} )"
 
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? ( app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.2
 		app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.5
 		app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets
diff --git a/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-9.0.1.ebuild b/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-9.0.1.ebuild
index e9b2703051b96..3a1b5e9d9a8be 100644
--- a/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-9.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-9.0.1.ebuild
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ PREBUILT_BINARY_RDEPENDS="${PREBUILT_BINARY_DEPENDS}
 RDEPEND+="binary? ( ${PREBUILT_BINARY_RDEPENDS} )"
 
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? ( app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.2
 		app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.5
 		app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets