diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/pahole/pahole_1.22.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/pahole/pahole_1.22.bb
index bdf9598e97..0fdde93e0e 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/pahole/pahole_1.22.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/pahole/pahole_1.22.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/pahole/pahole.git \
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-inherit cmake
+inherit cmake pkgconfig
 
 PACKAGECONFIG[python3] = ",,python3-core,python3-core"