diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/cargo.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/cargo.bbclass
index 461d100dd9..2dd28e95d3 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/cargo.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/cargo.bbclass
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ oe_cargo_build () {
 	export RUSTFLAGS="${RUSTFLAGS}"
 	bbnote "Using rust targets from ${RUST_TARGET_PATH}"
 	bbnote "cargo = $(which ${CARGO})"
-	bbnote "${CARGO} build ${CARGO_BUILD_FLAGS} $@"
+	bbnote "${CARGO} build ${CARGO_BUILD_FLAGS} ${PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS} $@"
 	"${CARGO}" build ${CARGO_BUILD_FLAGS} ${PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS} "$@"
 }