diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/avro/avro-c_1.10.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/avro/avro-c_1.10.2.bb
index b86bfead76..98f464fd04 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/avro/avro-c_1.10.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/avro/avro-c_1.10.2.bb
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ SRC_URI = "git://github.com/apache/avro;branch=${BRANCH} \
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git/lang/c"
 
-inherit cmake
+inherit cmake pkgconfig