diff --git a/srcpkgs/musl-fts/template b/srcpkgs/musl-fts/template
index 7af292ddefa..a13ecaf2c42 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/musl-fts/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/musl-fts/template
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/pullmoll/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz>${p
 checksum=49ae567a96dbab22823d045ffebe0d6b14b9b799925e9ca9274d47d26ff482a6
 
 pre_configure() {
-	# Remove the pkgconfig_DATA we don't use or need
-	# TODO: find how pkgconfigdir is set in order to keep this line
-	sed -i "/pkgconfig_DATA/d" Makefile.am
+	sed -i "/pkgconfig_DATA/i pkgconfigdir=\$(libdir)/pkgconfig" Makefile.am
 	./bootstrap.sh
 }
 post_install() {