diff --git a/package/pkgconf/pkg-config.in b/package/pkgconf/pkg-config.in
index 9387931ff2..99c0add8fb 100644
--- a/package/pkgconf/pkg-config.in
+++ b/package/pkgconf/pkg-config.in
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 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@
-PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=${PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR:-${DEFAULT_PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR}} PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR=${PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR:-${DEFAULT_PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR}} ${PKGCONFDIR}/pkgconf @STATIC@ "$@"
+PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=${PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR:-${DEFAULT_PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR}} PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR=${PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR:-${DEFAULT_PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR}} exec ${PKGCONFDIR}/pkgconf @STATIC@ "$@"