diff --git a/contrib/src/main.mak b/contrib/src/main.mak
index deee68b34388eba411e0b28561876cd553f2e0a6..192f8587099d527a07abf90d10fb1a2c3e3d443f 100644
--- a/contrib/src/main.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/main.mak
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ else
 PKG_CONFIG ?= pkg-config
 endif
 
-PKG_CONFIG_PATH := $(PKG_CONFIG_PATH):$(PREFIX)/lib/pkgconfig:$(PREFIX)/lib/$(HOST)/pkgconfig
+PKG_CONFIG_PATH := $(PREFIX)/lib/pkgconfig:$(PREFIX)/lib/$(HOST)/pkgconfig:$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH)
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH
 
 ifdef HAVE_CROSS_COMPILE