diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/v4l2apps/media-ctl_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/v4l2apps/media-ctl_git.bb
index cb3072b5e9..37d130adf5 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/v4l2apps/media-ctl_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/v4l2apps/media-ctl_git.bb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PV = "0.0.1"
 PR = "r4"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-inherit autotools
+inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-kernel-headers=${STAGING_EXECPREFIXDIR}"