diff --git a/package/moarvm/moarvm.mk b/package/moarvm/moarvm.mk
index 644432eda7..80bd19c92d 100644
--- a/package/moarvm/moarvm.mk
+++ b/package/moarvm/moarvm.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MOARVM_SOURCE = MoarVM-$(MOARVM_VERSION).tar.gz
 MOARVM_LICENSE = Artistic-2.0
 MOARVM_LICENSE_FILES = Artistic2.txt
 MOARVM_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-MOARVM_DEPENDENCIES = host-luajit libuv libtommath libatomic_ops
+MOARVM_DEPENDENCIES = host-luajit host-pkgconf libuv libtommath libatomic_ops
 
 MOARVM_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ MOARVM_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--cc="$(TARGET_CC)" \
 	--ld="$(TARGET_CC)" \
 	--prefix="/usr" \
+	--pkgconfig=$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) \
 	--lua=$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/luajit \
 	--has-libuv \
 	--has-libtommath \