--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ VERSION = $(shell grep 'const char \*VER
 ### The directory environment:
 
 # Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
-PKGCFG = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
+PKG_CONFIG ?= pkg-config
+PKGCFG = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=$(1) vdr || $(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
 LIBDIR = $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
 LOCDIR = $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
 PLGCFG = $(call PKGCFG,plgcfg)