diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4d328b735a3..9ea8034f5d7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ CXX_FOR_TARGET
 CC_FOR_TARGET
 RANLIB_PLUGIN_OPTION
 AR_PLUGIN_OPTION
+PKG_CONFIG_PATH
 GDCFLAGS
 READELF
 OTOOL
@@ -12932,6 +12933,7 @@ fi
 
 
 
+
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for -plugin option" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for -plugin option... " >&6; }
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 47931ff4e9e..8af83cc98d3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3654,6 +3654,7 @@ AC_SUBST(CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(CXXFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GDC)
 AC_SUBST(GDCFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(PKG_CONFIG_PATH)
 
 GCC_PLUGIN_OPTION(PLUGIN_OPTION)
 AR_PLUGIN_OPTION=