diff --git a/package/pkgconf/pkgconf.mk b/package/pkgconf/pkgconf.mk
index 5d65f69c10..e9587fae6b 100644
--- a/package/pkgconf/pkgconf.mk
+++ b/package/pkgconf/pkgconf.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ PKGCONF_LICENSE = pkgconf license
 PKGCONF_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 PKGCONF_CPE_ID_VENDOR = pkgconf
 
+# We are a ccache dependency, so we can't use ccache
+HOST_PKGCONF_CONF_ENV = \
+	CC="$(HOSTCC_NOCCACHE)" \
+	CXX="$(HOSTCXX_NOCCACHE)"
+
 PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY = $(HOST_DIR)/bin/pkg-config
 
 define PKGCONF_LINK_PKGCONFIG