diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/Android.mk b/wpa_supplicant/Android.mk
index 8a1c54526..1835dc6c7 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/Android.mk
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/Android.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
+PKG_CONFIG ?= pkg-config
 
 WPA_BUILD_SUPPLICANT := false
 ifneq ($(TARGET_SIMULATOR),true)
@@ -1143,12 +1144,12 @@ DBUS_OBJS += dbus/dbus_old_handlers_wps.c
 endif
 DBUS_OBJS += dbus/dbus_dict_helpers.c
 ifndef DBUS_LIBS
-DBUS_LIBS := $(shell pkg-config --libs dbus-1)
+DBUS_LIBS := $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs dbus-1)
 endif
 ifndef DBUS_INCLUDE
-DBUS_INCLUDE := $(shell pkg-config --cflags dbus-1)
+DBUS_INCLUDE := $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags dbus-1)
 endif
-dbus_version=$(subst ., ,$(shell pkg-config --modversion dbus-1))
+dbus_version=$(subst ., ,$(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --modversion dbus-1))
 DBUS_VERSION_MAJOR=$(word 1,$(dbus_version))
 DBUS_VERSION_MINOR=$(word 2,$(dbus_version))
 ifeq ($(DBUS_VERSION_MAJOR),)
@@ -1172,10 +1173,10 @@ ifdef CONFIG_WPS
 DBUS_OBJS += dbus/dbus_new_handlers_wps.c
 endif
 ifndef DBUS_LIBS
-DBUS_LIBS := $(shell pkg-config --libs dbus-1)
+DBUS_LIBS := $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs dbus-1)
 endif
 ifndef DBUS_INCLUDE
-DBUS_INCLUDE := $(shell pkg-config --cflags dbus-1)
+DBUS_INCLUDE := $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags dbus-1)
 endif
 ifdef CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS_INTRO
 DBUS_OBJS += dbus/dbus_new_introspect.c
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/Makefile b/wpa_supplicant/Makefile
index 767e9959a..3536084ce 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/Makefile
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ endif
 
 export LIBDIR ?= /usr/local/lib/
 export BINDIR ?= /usr/local/sbin/
+PKG_CONFIG ?= pkg-config
 
 CFLAGS += -I../src
 CFLAGS += -I../src/utils
@@ -1118,12 +1119,12 @@ DBUS_OBJS += dbus/dbus_old_handlers_wps.o
 endif
 DBUS_OBJS += dbus/dbus_dict_helpers.o
 ifndef DBUS_LIBS
-DBUS_LIBS := $(shell pkg-config --libs dbus-1)
+DBUS_LIBS := $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs dbus-1)
 endif
 ifndef DBUS_INCLUDE
-DBUS_INCLUDE := $(shell pkg-config --cflags dbus-1)
+DBUS_INCLUDE := $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags dbus-1)
 endif
-dbus_version=$(subst ., ,$(shell pkg-config --modversion dbus-1))
+dbus_version=$(subst ., ,$(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --modversion dbus-1))
 DBUS_VERSION_MAJOR=$(word 1,$(dbus_version))
 DBUS_VERSION_MINOR=$(word 2,$(dbus_version))
 ifeq ($(DBUS_VERSION_MAJOR),)
@@ -1150,10 +1151,10 @@ ifdef CONFIG_P2P
 DBUS_OBJS += dbus/dbus_new_handlers_p2p.o
 endif
 ifndef DBUS_LIBS
-DBUS_LIBS := $(shell pkg-config --libs dbus-1)
+DBUS_LIBS := $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs dbus-1)
 endif
 ifndef DBUS_INCLUDE
-DBUS_INCLUDE := $(shell pkg-config --cflags dbus-1)
+DBUS_INCLUDE := $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags dbus-1)
 endif
 ifdef CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS_INTRO
 DBUS_OBJS += dbus/dbus_new_introspect.o
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/Makefile b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/Makefile
index cfaf58d3e..a08820028 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/Makefile
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ ifndef CFLAGS
 CFLAGS = -MMD -O2 -Wall -g
 endif
 
+PKG_CONFIG ?= pkg-config
 CFLAGS += -I../../src -I../../src/utils
 
 
@@ -38,10 +39,10 @@ CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS_NEW
 CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS
 
 ifndef DBUS_LIBS
-DBUS_LIBS := $(shell pkg-config --libs dbus-1)
+DBUS_LIBS := $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs dbus-1)
 endif
 ifndef DBUS_INCLUDE
-DBUS_INCLUDE := $(shell pkg-config --cflags dbus-1)
+DBUS_INCLUDE := $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags dbus-1)
 endif
 ifdef CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS_INTRO
 CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS_INTRO
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ DBUS_INCLUDE += $(shell xml2-config --cflags)
 DBUS_LIBS += $(shell xml2-config --libs)
 endif
 
-dbus_version=$(subst ., ,$(shell pkg-config --modversion dbus-1))
+dbus_version=$(subst ., ,$(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --modversion dbus-1))
 DBUS_VERSION_MAJOR=$(word 1,$(dbus_version))
 DBUS_VERSION_MINOR=$(word 2,$(dbus_version))
 ifeq ($(DBUS_VERSION_MAJOR),)