diff --git a/bin/x86_64-unknown-redox-pkg-config b/bin/x86_64-unknown-redox-pkg-config
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 7693e621..54776ef2
--- a/bin/x86_64-unknown-redox-pkg-config
+++ b/bin/x86_64-unknown-redox-pkg-config
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=
 export PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR="${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/sysroot"
 export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="${PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR}/lib/pkgconfig"
 
-exec pkg-config "$@"
+exec pkg-config --static "$@"
diff --git a/config.sh b/config.sh
index b08a2e59..fb4c4eeb 100755
--- a/config.sh
+++ b/config.sh
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@ export LD="${HOST}-ld"
 export NM="${HOST}-nm"
 export OBJCOPY="${HOST}-objcopy"
 export OBJDUMP="${HOST}-objdump"
-#export PKG_CONFIG="${HOST}-pkg-config"
+export PKG_CONFIG="${HOST}-pkg-config"
 export RANLIB="${HOST}-ranlib"
 export READELF="${HOST}-readelf"
 export STRIP="${HOST}-strip"
 
+export PKG_CONFIG_FOR_BUILD="pkg-config"
+
 if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
     # GNU find
     FIND="gfind";