diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b8628f6..5910dca 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ $(BUILD_DIR)/neatvnc.pc:
 BENCH_DIR = $(BUILD_DIR)/bench
 
 $(BENCH_DIR)/%.o: bench/%.c | $(BENCH_DIR)
-	$(CC_OBJ) $(shell pkg-config --cflags libpng)
+	$(CC_OBJ) $(shell $(PKGCONFIG) --cflags libpng)
 
 $(BENCH_DIR): ; mkdir -p $@
 $(BENCH_DIR)/zrle-bench:
 $(BENCH_DIR)/zrle-bench: $(OBJECTS) $(BUILD_DIR)/pngfb.o \
 		$(BENCH_DIR)/zrle-bench.o
-	$(LINK_EXE) $(shell pkg-config --libs libpng)
+	$(LINK_EXE) $(shell $(PKGCONFIG) --libs libpng)
 
 .PHONY: install
 install: $(DSO) $(BUILD_DIR)/neatvnc.pc
diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index e611cb7..73d965f 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ else
 	STRIP := $(MACHINE)-strip
 endif
 
+ifeq (, $(shell which $(MACHINE)-pkg-config 2>/dev/null))
+	PKGCONFIG ?= pkg-config
+else
+	PKGCONFIG ?= $(MACHINE)-pkg-config
+endif
+
 CFLAGS ?= -g -O3 $(ARCH_CFLAGS) -flto -DNDEBUG
 LDFLAGS ?= -flto
 
@@ -27,8 +33,8 @@ CC_OBJ = $(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ -MMD -MP -MF $(@:.o=.deps)
 LINK_EXE = $(CC) $^ $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
 LINK_DSO = $(CC) -fPIC -shared $^ $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
 
-CFLAGS += $(foreach dep,$(DEPENDENCIES),$(shell pkg-config --cflags $(dep)))
-LDFLAGS += $(foreach dep,$(DEPENDENCIES),$(shell pkg-config --libs $(dep)))
+CFLAGS += $(foreach dep,$(DEPENDENCIES),$(shell $(PKGCONFIG) --cflags $(dep)))
+LDFLAGS += $(foreach dep,$(DEPENDENCIES),$(shell $(PKGCONFIG) --libs $(dep)))
 OBJECTS := $(SOURCES:src/%.c=$(BUILD_DIR)/%.o)
 
 $(BUILD_DIR): ; mkdir -p $(BUILD_DIR)