diff --git a/package/triggerhappy/triggerhappy.mk b/package/triggerhappy/triggerhappy.mk
index 9f74c486f1..4c39ab5e5d 100644
--- a/package/triggerhappy/triggerhappy.mk
+++ b/package/triggerhappy/triggerhappy.mk
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ TRIGGERHAPPY_VERSION = b822888066129350e51ad79f1cf307fa38dae4f7
 TRIGGERHAPPY_SITE = $(call github,wertarbyte,triggerhappy,$(TRIGGERHAPPY_VERSION))
 TRIGGERHAPPY_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 TRIGGERHAPPY_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+TRIGGERHAPPY_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 
 define TRIGGERHAPPY_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) -C $(@D) thd th-cmd
+	$(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) PKGCONFIG="$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY)" \
+		-C $(@D) thd th-cmd
 endef
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV),y)