diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/mysql/mariadb.inc b/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/mysql/mariadb.inc
index fa32e6844e..f377c784d5 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/mysql/mariadb.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/mysql/mariadb.inc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/mariadb-${PV}"
 
 BINCONFIG_GLOB = "mysql_config"
 
-inherit cmake gettext binconfig update-rc.d useradd systemd multilib_script
+inherit cmake gettext binconfig update-rc.d useradd systemd multilib_script pkgconfig
 
 MULTILIB_SCRIPTS = "${PN}-server:${bindir}/mariadbd-safe \
                     ${PN}-setupdb:${bindir}/mariadb-install-db"