diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/libubox/libubox_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/libubox/libubox_git.bb
index 7dbefa1152..76d1c8bf3a 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/libubox/libubox_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/libubox/libubox_git.bb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PV = "1.0.1+git${SRCPV}"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-inherit cmake
+inherit cmake pkgconfig
 
 DEPENDS = "json-c"