diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 023e48d..be98009 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
 source "package/patch/Config.in"
 endif
 source "package/pkg-config/Config.in"
+source "package/pkgconf/Config.in"
 if BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
 source "package/sed/Config.in"
 endif
diff --git a/package/pkgconf/Config.in b/package/pkgconf/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f95847f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/pkgconf/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PKGCONF
+	bool "pkgconf"
+	help
+	  pkgconf is a program which helps to configure compiler and linker
+	  flags for development frameworks. It is similar to pkg-config,
+	  but was written from scratch in the summer of 2011 to replace
+	  pkg-config, which now needs itself to build itself
+
+	  https://github.com/nenolod/pkgconf
diff --git a/package/pkgconf/pkg-config.in b/package/pkgconf/pkg-config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9da5187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/pkgconf/pkg-config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+PKG_CONFIG_PATH=@PKG_CONFIG_PATH@ PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR=${PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR:-@STAGING_DIR@} $(dirname $0)/pkgconf $@
diff --git a/package/pkgconf/pkgconf.mk b/package/pkgconf/pkgconf.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e025dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/pkgconf/pkgconf.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#############################################################
+#
+# pkgconf
+#
+#############################################################
+
+PKGCONF_VERSION = 0.8.9
+PKGCONF_SITE = http://tortois.es/~nenolod/distfiles
+PKGCONF_SOURCE = pkgconf-$(PKGCONF_VERSION).tar.bz2
+
+PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY = $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/pkg-config
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PKG_CONFIG),)
+define PKGCONF_LINK_PKGCONFIG
+	ln -sf pkgconf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/pkg-config
+endef
+endif
+
+define HOST_PKGCONF_INSTALL_WRAPPER
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D package/pkgconf/pkg-config.in \
+		$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/pkg-config
+	$(SED) 's,@PKG_CONFIG_PATH@,$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig:$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/share/pkgconfig,' \
+		-e 's,@STAGING_DIR@,$(STAGING_DIR),' \
+		$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/pkg-config
+endef
+
+PKGCONF_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += PKGCONF_LINK_PKGCONFIG
+HOST_PKGCONF_POST_INSTALL_HOOKS += HOST_PKGCONF_INSTALL_WRAPPER
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))
+$(eval $(host-autotools-package))