diff --git a/package/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/gst-ffmpeg.mk b/package/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/gst-ffmpeg.mk
index 44d3acec60..984b64c0bd 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/gst-ffmpeg.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/gst-ffmpeg.mk
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ endif
 
 GST_FFMPEG_CONF_EXTRA_OPTS = \
 		--cross-prefix=$(TARGET_CROSS) \
-		--target-os=linux
+		--target-os=linux \
+		--pkg-config='$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY)'
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),y)
 GST_FFMPEG_CONF_EXTRA_OPTS += --enable-zlib