diff --git a/packages/x11/lib/xtrans/package.mk b/packages/x11/lib/xtrans/package.mk
index a5c43997bb..4b825df4d8 100644
--- a/packages/x11/lib/xtrans/package.mk
+++ b/packages/x11/lib/xtrans/package.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="Abstract network code for X."
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--without-xmlto"
 
+pre_configure_target() {
+  sed -i 's|^pkgconfigdir = .*|pkgconfigdir = /usr/lib/pkgconfig|' ${PKG_BUILD}/Makefile.am
+  sed -i 's|^pkgconfigdir = .*|pkgconfigdir = /usr/lib/pkgconfig|' ${PKG_BUILD}/Makefile.in
+}
+
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   mkdir -p ${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/lib/pkgconfig
     cp xtrans.pc ${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/lib/pkgconfig