diff --git a/packages/x11/util/util-macros/package.mk b/packages/x11/util/util-macros/package.mk
index 5b6420fa62..185f53b8ca 100644
--- a/packages/x11/util/util-macros/package.mk
+++ b/packages/x11/util/util-macros/package.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ PKG_URL="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/util/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_V
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="X.org autoconf utilities such as M4 macros."
 
+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() {
   rm -rf ${INSTALL}/usr
 }