diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index 51018e8..27e8ab6 100755
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -426,6 +426,12 @@ trace_apk_deps() {
 	local dir="$2"
 	local i j found autodeps=
 	msg "Tracing dependencies for $name..."
+	# add pkgconfig if usr/lib/pkgconfig is found
+	if [ -d "$pkgbasedir"/$name/usr/lib/pkgconfig ] \
+			&& ! grep -q '^depend = pkgconfig' "$dir"/.PKGINFO; then
+		msg "Added pkgconfig as dependency"
+		echo "depend = pkgconfig" >> "$dir"/.PKGINFO
+	fi
 	for i in $(cat "$dir"/.needs-so 2>/dev/null); do
 		found=
 		# first check if its provide by same apkbuild
@@ -455,12 +461,6 @@ trace_apk_deps() {
 	for i in $autodeps; do
 		echo "depend = $i" >> "$dir"/.PKGINFO
 	done
-	# add pkgconfig if usr/lib/pkgconfig is found
-	if [ -d "$pkgbasdir"/$name/usr/lib/pkgconfig ] \
-			&& ! grep -q '^depend = pkgconfig' "$dir"/.PKGINFO; then
-		msg "Added pkgconfig as dependency"
-		echo "depend = pkgconfig" >> "$dir"/.PKGINFO
-	fi
 }
 
 create_apks() {