diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/mdbus2/mdbus2_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-core/mdbus2/mdbus2_git.bb
index 71ab4d45a7..7d01829789 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/mdbus2/mdbus2_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/mdbus2/mdbus2_git.bb
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ SRCREV = "28202692d0b441000f4ddb8f347f72d1355021aa"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-inherit autotools vala
+inherit autotools pkgconfig vala
 
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--enable-vala"