diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_5.4.16.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_5.4.16.bb
index 3df4d1ff1d..2d27588550 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_5.4.16.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_5.4.16.bb
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ SRC_URI_append_libc-musl = "\
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "rpm-(?P<pver>(\d+[\.\-_]*)+)-.*$"
 
-inherit autotools gettext python-dir
+inherit autotools gettext pkgconfig python-dir
 
 acpaths = "-I ${S}/db/dist/aclocal -I ${S}/db/dist/aclocal_java"