diff --git a/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/sord/sord_0.16.0.bb b/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/sord/sord_0.16.0.bb
index 8f4c903c..a0dd7178 100644
--- a/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/sord/sord_0.16.0.bb
+++ b/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/sord/sord_0.16.0.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://drobilla.net/software/sord"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=6b8d060e6d32fbd53684f9dc0443b6a3"
 
-inherit waf
+inherit waf pkgconfig
 
 DEPENDS += "libpcre serd"