diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-support/ibus/ibus_1.5.34.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-support/ibus/ibus_1.5.34.bb
index b9f2beb7d3..274ca1f1b8 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-support/ibus/ibus_1.5.34.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-support/ibus/ibus_1.5.34.bb
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = " \
     --disable-python2 \
     --with-python=${bindir}/python3 \
     --with-ucd-dir=${STAGING_DATADIR}/unicode/ucd \
+    PKG_CONFIG_FOR_BUILD=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/pkg-config-native \
 "

 do_configure:prepend() {