diff --git a/vars/pkgconf_host.vars b/vars/pkgconf_host.vars
index 0f34590..9f73c7f 100644
--- a/vars/pkgconf_host.vars
+++ b/vars/pkgconf_host.vars
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ pkg_pkgconf_host_install_make_post() {
 if [ -z "\${PREFIX_NATIVE}" ]; then
 	PREFIX_NATIVE="${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
 fi;
-"\$(dirname "\${0}")"/pkgconf --define-variable=prefix="\${PREFIX_NATIVE%/}/" --keep-system-cflags "\${@}";
+if [ "\${#}" -eq 1 ]\
+&& [ "x\${1}" = "x--version" ]; then
+	"\$(dirname "\${0}")"/pkgconf --version;
+	
+else 
+	"\$(dirname "\${0}")"/pkgconf --define-variable=prefix="\${PREFIX_NATIVE%/}/" --keep-system-cflags "\${@}";
+fi;
 EOF
 	chmod +x "${PKG_DESTDIR}/bin/${PKG_TARGET}-pkg-config";
 	ex_rtl_fileop rm "${PKG_DESTDIR}/bin/pkg-config";