diff --git a/files/debs/general b/files/debs/general
index 84d4302..87a6c7c 100644
--- a/files/debs/general
+++ b/files/debs/general
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@
 libssl-dev # for pyOpenSSL
 gettext  # used for compiling message catalogs
 openjdk-7-jre-headless  # NOPRIME
+pkg-config
diff --git a/files/rpms/general b/files/rpms/general
index eac4ec3..81cc789 100644
--- a/files/rpms/general
+++ b/files/rpms/general
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 libffi-devel
 libxml2-devel
 libxslt-devel
+pkgconfig
 psmisc
 pylint
 python-devel