diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 209a364..88adc63 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ GITTAG  = $(shell git describe --always 2>/dev/null)
 ### The directory environment:
 
 # Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
-PKGCFG = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
+PKGCFG = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:../../.." pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr))
 LIBDIR = $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
 LOCDIR = $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
 PLGCFG = $(call PKGCFG,plgcfg)