diff --git a/etc/paths.rc b/etc/paths.rc
index aff62f6e..84c2d12f 100644
--- a/etc/paths.rc
+++ b/etc/paths.rc
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ export PATH=$(qp_prepend_export "PATH" "${QP_PYTHON}":"${QP_ROOT}"/bin:"${QP_ROO
 
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(qp_prepend_export "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" "${QP_ROOT}"/lib)
 
-
 export LIBRARY_PATH=$(qp_prepend_export "LIBRARY_PATH" "${QP_ROOT}"/lib:"${QP_ROOT}"/lib64)
 
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(qp_prepend_export "PKG_CONFIG_PATH" "${QP_ROOT}"/lib/pkgconfig)
 export C_INCLUDE_PATH=$(qp_prepend_export "C_INCLUDE_PATH" "${QP_ROOT}"/include)
 export CPATH=$(qp_prepend_export "CPATH" "${QP_ROOT}"/include)