diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index 7cef63f..c6ee5f3 100644
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ prepare_pkgconfig_provides() {
 			continue
 		fi
 		local f=${i##*/}
-		local v=$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$dir"/usr/lib/pkgconfig pkg-config \
+		local v=$(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
 	done