diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8827a29bf4..b4ea78c77d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1736,6 +1736,7 @@ if test "$skip_meson" = no; then
   echo "ar = [$(meson_quote $ar)]" >> $cross
   echo "nm = [$(meson_quote $nm)]" >> $cross
   echo "pkgconfig = [$(meson_quote $pkg_config)]" >> $cross
+  echo "pkg-config = [$(meson_quote $pkg_config)]" >> $cross
   echo "ranlib = [$(meson_quote $ranlib)]" >> $cross
   if has $sdl2_config; then
     echo "sdl2-config = [$(meson_quote $sdl2_config)]" >> $cross