diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-test/pm-qa/pm-qa_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-test/pm-qa/pm-qa_git.bb
index f792415037..3c123f9294 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-test/pm-qa/pm-qa_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-test/pm-qa/pm-qa_git.bb
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ SRC_URI = " \
 CFLAGS += "-pthread"
 
 do_compile () {
-    # Find all the .c files in this project and build them.
-    for x in `find . -name "*.c"`
+    # Find all the .c files in this project skip any directory named .pc and build them.
+    for x in `find . -path '*/.pc' -prune -o -type f -name '*.c' -print`
     do
         util=`echo ${x} | sed s/.c$//`
         oe_runmake ${util}
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ do_install () {
     install -d ${D}${libdir}/${BPN}
 
     # Install the compiled binaries that were built in the previous step
-    for x in `find . -name "*.c"`
+    for x in `find . -path '*/.pc' -prune -o -type f -name '*.c' -print`
     do
         util=`echo ${x} | sed s/.c$//`
         util_basename=`basename ${util}`