diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/meta/buildtools-tarball.bb b/meta/recipes-core/meta/buildtools-tarball.bb
index 02117ab84d..61b98c7387 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/meta/buildtools-tarball.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/meta/buildtools-tarball.bb
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ create_sdk_files:append () {
 	touch $script
 	echo 'export PATH="${SDKPATHNATIVE}${bindir_nativesdk}:${SDKPATHNATIVE}${sbindir_nativesdk}:${SDKPATHNATIVE}${base_bindir_nativesdk}:${SDKPATHNATIVE}${base_sbindir_nativesdk}:$PATH"' >> $script
 	echo 'export OECORE_NATIVE_SYSROOT="${SDKPATHNATIVE}"' >> $script
-	echo 'HOST_PKG_PATH=$(command -p pkg-config --variable=pc_path pkg-config 2>/dev/null)' >>$script
+	echo 'HOST_PKG_PATH=$(command -p pkg-config --variable=pc_path pkg-config 2>/dev/null || true)' >>$script
 	echo 'export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=${SDKPATHNATIVE}/${libdir}/pkgconfig:${SDKPATHNATIVE}/${datadir}/pkgconfig:${HOST_PKG_PATH:-/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig}' >>$script
 	echo 'unset HOST_PKG_PATH'