diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a0c1430b40..8da33595ed 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -510,7 +510,11 @@ capstone/all: .git-submodule-status
 
 .PHONY: slirp/all
 slirp/all: .git-submodule-status
-	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKE) -C $(SRC_PATH)/slirp BUILD_DIR="$(BUILD_DIR)/slirp" CC="$(CC)" AR="$(AR)" LD="$(LD)" RANLIB="$(RANLIB)" CFLAGS="$(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKE) -C $(SRC_PATH)/slirp		\
+		BUILD_DIR="$(BUILD_DIR)/slirp" 			\
+		PKG_CONFIG="$(PKG_CONFIG)" 				\
+		CC="$(CC)" AR="$(AR)" 	LD="$(LD)" RANLIB="$(RANLIB)"	\
+		CFLAGS="$(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)")
 
 # Compatibility gunk to keep make working across the rename of targets
 # for recursion, to be removed some time after 4.1.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 397bb476e1..542f6aea3f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7302,6 +7302,7 @@ echo "OBJCOPY=$objcopy" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "LD=$ld" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "RANLIB=$ranlib" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "NM=$nm" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "PKG_CONFIG=$pkg_config_exe" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "WINDRES=$windres" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "CFLAGS=$CFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "CFLAGS_NOPIE=$CFLAGS_NOPIE" >> $config_host_mak