diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/pugixml/pugixml_1.10.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/pugixml/pugixml_1.10.bb
index 69e66289c0..73ddf77d84 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/pugixml/pugixml_1.10.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/pugixml/pugixml_1.10.bb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://github.com/zeux/${BPN}/releases"
 
 inherit cmake
 
-EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DBUILD_PKGCONFIG=ON \
+                  -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
                   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
                   "