diff --git a/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-perf.mk.in b/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-perf.mk.in
index 1e19ee7f1c..3238948d76 100644
--- a/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-perf.mk.in
+++ b/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-perf.mk.in
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ PERF_MAKE_FLAGS = \
 	JOBS=$(PARALLEL_JOBS) \
 	ARCH=$(PERF_ARCH) \
 	DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) \
+	PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig" \
 	prefix=/usr \
 	NO_GTK2=1 \
 	NO_LIBPERL=1 \