diff --git a/media-sound/kew/kew-2.4.4-r1.ebuild b/media-sound/kew/kew-2.4.4-r1.ebuild
index 1b44e23746..f890342d23 100644
--- a/media-sound/kew/kew-2.4.4-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/kew/kew-2.4.4-r1.ebuild
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-	emake CC="$(tc-getCC)"
+	emake CC="$(tc-getCC)" PKG_CONFIG="$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)"
 }
 
 src_install()