diff --git a/recipes-support/mlt/mlt.bb b/recipes-support/mlt/mlt.bb
index f33a839c..a1c0271b 100644
--- a/recipes-support/mlt/mlt.bb
+++ b/recipes-support/mlt/mlt.bb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SRCREV = "6e5d8f54c1255dd37db5d7b8947b19f0737b5650"
 PV = "7.0.1"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-inherit cmake_qt5
+inherit cmake_qt5 pkgconfig
 
 DEPENDS += " \
     gtk+ \