diff --git a/tools/pkg-config/files/pkg-config b/tools/pkg-config/files/pkg-config
index e58b13216dc..bf95380e7fe 100755
--- a/tools/pkg-config/files/pkg-config
+++ b/tools/pkg-config/files/pkg-config
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-pkg-config.real $@ --define-variable=prefix=${STAGING_PREFIX} --define-variable=exec_prefix=${STAGING_PREFIX}
+pkg-config.real --define-variable=prefix=${STAGING_PREFIX} --define-variable=exec_prefix=${STAGING_PREFIX} $@