diff --git a/tools/pkgconf/files/pkg-config b/tools/pkgconf/files/pkg-config
index 2c6fd08b4a..91d144d9b1 100755
--- a/tools/pkgconf/files/pkg-config
+++ b/tools/pkgconf/files/pkg-config
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ pkg-config.real \
 --keep-system-libs \
 --define-variable=prefix="${STAGING_PREFIX}" \
 --define-variable=exec_prefix="${STAGING_PREFIX}" \
---define-variable=bindir="${STAGING_PREFIX}/bin" "$@"
+--define-variable=bindir="${STAGING_PREFIX}/bin" \
+$PKG_CONFIG_EXTRAARGS "$@"