diff --git a/net-dns/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-2.76.ebuild b/net-dns/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-2.76.ebuild
index 77e8d4a6daf02..6c31ea27b0b79 100644
--- a/net-dns/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-2.76.ebuild
+++ b/net-dns/dnsmasq/dnsmasq-2.76.ebuild
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ src_compile() {
 		PREFIX=/usr \
 		MANDIR=/usr/share/man \
 		CC="$(tc-getCC)" \
+		PKG_CONFIG="$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)" \
 		CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" \
 		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" \
 		COPTS="${COPTS}" \
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ src_compile() {
 		PREFIX=/usr \
 		MANDIR=/usr/share/man \
 		CC="$(tc-getCC)" \
+		PKG_CONFIG="$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)" \
 		CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" \
 		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" \
 		all