diff --git a/math/octave-forge-sqlite/Makefile b/math/octave-forge-sqlite/Makefile
index ce66189963c1..7d1d6dddd423 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-sqlite/Makefile
+++ b/math/octave-forge-sqlite/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	octave-forge-sqlite
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	0.0.2
 CATEGORIES=	math
 
 MAINTAINER=	stephen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Octave-forge package ${OCTAVE_PKGNAME}
 WWW=		https://packages.octave.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKDIR}/${OCTSRC}/COPYING
 
-USES=		autoreconf
+USES=		autoreconf pkgconfig
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	gnu-octave
 GH_PROJECT=	octave-sqlite
 
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	libsqlite3.so:databases/sqlite3
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 # OCTSRC is the name of the directory of the package.
 # It is usually ${OCTAVE_PKGNAME} or ${DISTNAME}.
 OCTSRC=		${GH_PROJECT}-${DISTVERSION}
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${OCTSRC}/src
 
 .include "${.CURDIR}/../../Mk/bsd.octave.mk"
 
 post-build:
 	${RM} ${WRKSRC}/Makefile ${WRKSRC}/configure
 	cd ${WRKDIR} && ${TAR} cfz ${OCTAVE_DISTNAME}.tar.gz ${OCTSRC}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>