diff --git a/recipes/dev/pkg-config/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/pkg-config/recipe.toml
index ae55de3ca..bb5992ee1 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/pkg-config/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/pkg-config/recipe.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,15 @@ dependencies = [
     "libiconv",
     "pcre",
 ]
-template = "configure"
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+cookbook_configure
+"""
+
+[package]
+shared-deps = [
+    "gettext",
+    "glib",
+    "libiconv",
+]