diff --git a/package/pkgconf/pkg-config.in b/package/pkgconf/pkg-config.in
index 8795f64b68..f411eb0926 100644
--- a/package/pkgconf/pkg-config.in
+++ b/package/pkgconf/pkg-config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 PKGCONFDIR=$(dirname $0)
 DEFAULT_PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=${PKGCONFDIR}/../@STAGING_SUBDIR@/usr/lib/pkgconfig:${PKGCONFDIR}/../@STAGING_SUBDIR@/usr/share/pkgconfig
 DEFAULT_PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR=${PKGCONFDIR}/../@STAGING_SUBDIR@
+DEFAULT_PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_PATH=${PKGCONFDIR}/../@STAGING_SUBDIR@/usr/include
+DEFAULT_PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_PATH=${PKGCONFDIR}/../@STAGING_SUBDIR@/usr/lib
 
 PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=${PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR:-${DEFAULT_PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR}} \
 	PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR=${PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR:-${DEFAULT_PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR}} \
+	PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_PATH=${PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_PATH:-${DEFAULT_PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_PATH}} \
+	PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_PATH=${PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_PATH:-${DEFAULT_PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_PATH}} \
 	exec ${PKGCONFDIR}/pkgconf @STATIC@ "$@"