diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rrdtool/rrdtool_1.7.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rrdtool/rrdtool_1.7.2.bb
index a1919e7400..e96138ea83 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rrdtool/rrdtool_1.7.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rrdtool/rrdtool_1.7.2.bb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SRC_URI = "\
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-inherit cpan autotools-brokensep gettext python3native python3-dir systemd
+inherit cpan autotools-brokensep gettext pkgconfig python3native python3-dir systemd
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"