diff --git a/meta/classes/gtk-doc.bbclass b/meta/classes/gtk-doc.bbclass
index fb7863e99b..e32f98dcfc 100644
--- a/meta/classes/gtk-doc.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/gtk-doc.bbclass
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ EXTRA_OECONF_append = "\
 do_configure_prepend () {
 	( cd ${S}; gtkdocize --docdir ${GTKDOC_DOCDIR} )
 }
+
+inherit pkgconfig