diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/colord/colord-native.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/colord/colord-native.bb
index 65fa0f44b0a..64dd94a9ed3 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/colord/colord-native.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/colord/colord-native.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require ${BPN}.inc
 
 FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/${BPN}-native:"
 
-inherit meson native
+inherit meson pkgconfig native
 
 DEPENDS += " \
     meson-native \