diff --git a/dev-libs/libbpf/libbpf-1.0.1.ebuild b/dev-libs/libbpf/libbpf-1.0.1.ebuild
index f6f1075e1319c..1092fcc0f3c49 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libbpf/libbpf-1.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libbpf/libbpf-1.0.1.ebuild
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	sys-kernel/linux-headers
 	virtual/libelf"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/libbpf-9999-paths.patch
diff --git a/dev-libs/libbpf/libbpf-9999.ebuild b/dev-libs/libbpf/libbpf-9999.ebuild
index f6f1075e1319c..1092fcc0f3c49 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libbpf/libbpf-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libbpf/libbpf-9999.ebuild
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	sys-kernel/linux-headers
 	virtual/libelf"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/libbpf-9999-paths.patch