diff --git a/scripts/setup.sh b/scripts/setup.sh
index 3082554b1c..fb57795fc0 100755
--- a/scripts/setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ $(
 ) || fail "Rust and Cargo version must be installed (minimum version 1.57)"
 has_exec "go" || fail "'go' is missing"
 
-has_exec "pkg-config" || fail "'pkg-config' is missing"
+has_exec "${PKG_CONFIG:-pkg-config}" || fail "'pkg-config' is missing"
 has_exec "automake" || fail "'automake' is missing"
 has_exec "perl" || fail "'perl' is missing"
 has_exec "ruby" || fail "'ruby' is missing"