diff --git a/package/qextserialport/0003-Tell-qmake-to-add-a-pkgconfig-file-to-ease-usage-wit.patch b/package/qextserialport/0003-Tell-qmake-to-add-a-pkgconfig-file-to-ease-usage-wit.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09e26a961c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/qextserialport/0003-Tell-qmake-to-add-a-pkgconfig-file-to-ease-usage-wit.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From 14d4d3e7b5c748118acffddd397fb67b37fd5054 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)" <arnout@mind.be>
+Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 22:44:02 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Tell qmake to add a pkgconfig file to ease usage with
+ applications
+
+Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
+---
+ qextserialport.pro | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/qextserialport.pro b/qextserialport.pro
+index 8d2c03a..2fcb39c 100644
+--- a/qextserialport.pro
++++ b/qextserialport.pro
+@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ TEMPLATE=lib
+ include(src/qextserialport.pri)
+ 
+ #create_prl is needed, otherwise, MinGW can't found libqextserialport1.a
+-CONFIG += create_prl
++CONFIG += create_prl create_pc
++QMAKE_PKGCONFIG_DESTDIR = pkgconfig
+ 
+ #mac framework is designed for shared library
+ macx:qesp_mac_framework:qesp_static: CONFIG -= qesp_static
+-- 
+2.10.2
+
diff --git a/package/qextserialport/0003-pkgconfig.patch b/package/qextserialport/0003-pkgconfig.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bb55ad782e..0000000000
--- a/package/qextserialport/0003-pkgconfig.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-Add a pkgconfig file to ease usage with applications
-
-Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
-
-Index: qextserialport-ef4af2a2ee3f/qextserialport.pc
-===================================================================
---- /dev/null
-+++ qextserialport-ef4af2a2ee3f/qextserialport.pc
-@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
-+prefix=/usr
-+exec_prefix=${prefix}
-+libdir=${prefix}/lib
-+includedir=${prefix}/include/QtExtSerialPort
-+
-+Name: QtExtSerialPort
-+Description: QtExtSerialPort library
-+Version: 1.2.0
-+Libs: -L${libdir} -lqextserialport
-+Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/package/qextserialport/qextserialport.mk b/package/qextserialport/qextserialport.mk
index 62bf3b016d..11009467eb 100644
--- a/package/qextserialport/qextserialport.mk
+++ b/package/qextserialport/qextserialport.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ endef
 
 define QEXTSERIALPORT_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) install
-	cp $(@D)/qextserialport.pc $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
 endef
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)