diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index 62df3cc..9dd5e25 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ LIB_PACKAGES_PREFIX="${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
 : ${PKG_FREETYPE_URL:=http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-${PKG_FREETYPE_VERSION}.tar.bz2};
 : ${PKG_FREETYPE_MAKEFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA:=LIBTOOL=slibtool};
 : ${PKG_FREETYPE_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA:=LIBTOOL=slibtool};
+: ${PKG_FREETYPE_ENV_VARS_EXTRA:=PKG_CONFIG=${TARGET}-pkg-config};
 : ${PKG_FONTCONFIG_SHA256SUM:=7b165eee7aa22dcc1557db56f58d905b6a14b32f9701c79427452474375b4c89};
 : ${PKG_FONTCONFIG_VERSION:=2.11.95};
 : ${PKG_FONTCONFIG_URL:=https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/fontconfig-${PKG_FONTCONFIG_VERSION}.tar.bz2};