diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index cd3383b..d03e35f 100644
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ prepare_pkgconfig_provides() {
 		local f=${i##*/}
 		local v=$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$dir"/usr/lib/pkgconfig PKG_CONFIG_MAXIMUM_TRAVERSE_DEPTH=1 pkg-config \
 			--modversion ${f%.pc})
-		echo "${f%.pc}=${v:-0}" >> "$controldir"/.provides-pc
+		echo "$pcprefix${f%.pc}=${v:-0}" >> "$controldir"/.provides-pc
 	done
 }
 
@@ -1175,6 +1175,11 @@ subpkg_provides_so() {
 	grep -q -w "^$1" "$pkgbasedir"/.control.*/.provides-so 2>/dev/null
 }
 
+subpkg_provides_prefixed_pc() {
+	[ -n "$pcprefix" ] && grep -q -w "^$pcprefix$1" \
+		"$pkgbasedir"/.control.*/.provides-pc 2>/dev/null
+}
+
 subpkg_provides_pc() {
 	grep -q -w "^${1%%[<>=]*}" "$pkgbasedir"/.control.*/.provides-pc \
 		2>/dev/null
@@ -1243,7 +1248,12 @@ trace_apk_deps() {
 
 	# pkg-config depends
 	for i in $(sort -u "$dir"/.needs-pc 2>/dev/null); do
-		if subpkg_provides_pc "$i" \
+		# first check if its provided by same apkbuild
+		grep -q -w "^$pcprefix$i" "$dir"/.provides-pc 2>/dev/null && continue
+
+		if subpkg_provides_prefixed_pc "$i"; then
+			autodeps="$autodeps pc:$pcprefix$i"
+		elif subpkg_provides_pc "$i" \
 				|| $APK $apkroot info --quiet --installed "pc:$i"; then
 			local provider=$(apk $apkroot search --quiet "pc:$i")
 			if list_has "$provider" $depends_dev; then