diff --git a/common/environment/setup/sourcepkg.sh b/common/environment/setup/sourcepkg.sh
index 94b24ac8921..bc06f745b78 100644
--- a/common/environment/setup/sourcepkg.sh
+++ b/common/environment/setup/sourcepkg.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ unset -v patch_args disable_parallel_build keep_libtool_archives make_use_env
 unset -v reverts subpackages makedepends hostmakedepends checkdepends depends restricted
 unset -v nopie build_options build_options_default bootstrap repository reverts
 unset -v CFLAGS CXXFLAGS FFLAGS CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-unset -v CC CXX CPP GCC LD AR AS RANLIB NM OBJDUMP OBJCOPY STRIP READELF
+unset -v CC CXX CPP GCC LD AR AS RANLIB NM OBJDUMP OBJCOPY STRIP READELF PKG_CONFIG
 
 # hooks/do-extract/00-distfiles
 unset -v skip_extraction
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
index 5ddf57a0330..e8bcf577c6b 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
@@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ setup_pkg() {
         export OBJCOPY="objcopy"
         export NM="nm"
         export READELF="readelf"
+        export PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config"
         export RUST_TARGET="$XBPS_RUST_TARGET"
         export RUST_BUILD="$XBPS_RUST_TARGET"
         # Unset cross evironment variables