diff --git a/tools/pkgconf/files/pkg-config b/tools/pkgconf/files/pkg-config
index 91d144d9b1..65e0fb09f5 100755
--- a/tools/pkgconf/files/pkg-config
+++ b/tools/pkgconf/files/pkg-config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-pkg-config.real \
+${STAGING_DIR_HOST}/bin/pkg-config.real \
 --keep-system-cflags \
 --keep-system-libs \
 --define-variable=prefix="${STAGING_PREFIX}" \