diff --git a/tools/pkgconf/files/pkg-config b/tools/pkgconf/files/pkg-config
index fa1faccc6c..2c6fd08b4a 100755
--- a/tools/pkgconf/files/pkg-config
+++ b/tools/pkgconf/files/pkg-config
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 pkg-config.real \
+--keep-system-cflags \
+--keep-system-libs \
 --define-variable=prefix="${STAGING_PREFIX}" \
 --define-variable=exec_prefix="${STAGING_PREFIX}" \
 --define-variable=bindir="${STAGING_PREFIX}/bin" "$@"