diff --git a/srcpkgs/pkg-config/template b/srcpkgs/pkg-config/template
index 1480114a6c4..a0e5779dc94 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pkg-config/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pkg-config/template
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=6fc69c01688c9458a57eb9a1664c9aba372ccda420a02bf4429fe610e7e7d591
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	mips*) configure_args+=" glib_cv_stack_grows=no glib_cv_uscore=no" ;;
+esac