diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 93393baaf..08600178f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -400,8 +400,9 @@ for i in "$@"; do
 			# Can we use pkg-config?
 			if command -v "pkg-config" > /dev/null 2>&1 && PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$dpdk_libdir/pkgconfig" pkg-config --exists libdpdk; then
 				echo "Using $dpdk_libdir/pkgconfig for additional libs..."
+				sysroot_dir=$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$dpdk_libdir/pkgconfig" pkg-config --variable=pc_sysrootdir libdpdk)
 				dpdk_libdir=$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$dpdk_libdir/pkgconfig" pkg-config --variable=libdir libdpdk)
-				dpdk_libdir=$(readlink -f $dpdk_libdir)
+				dpdk_libdir=$(readlink -f "${sysroot_dir}$dpdk_libdir")
 				if ! echo $dpdk_libdir | grep $dpdk_dir > /dev/null 2>&1; then
 					echo "ERROR: pkg-config reported DPDK libdir $dpdk_libdir is out of the directory specified with --with-dpdk="
 					echo "ERROR: do you have another DPDK installed in the system?"
@@ -412,7 +413,7 @@ for i in "$@"; do
 					CONFIG[HAVE_LIBBSD]=y
 				fi
 				CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:+$CFLAGS }$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$dpdk_libdir/pkgconfig" pkg-config --cflags libdpdk)"
-				dpdk_incdir=$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$dpdk_libdir/pkgconfig" pkg-config --variable=includedir libdpdk)
+				dpdk_incdir="${sysroot_dir}$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$dpdk_libdir/pkgconfig" pkg-config --variable=includedir libdpdk)"
 				check_IPSec_mb "pkg-config" "$dpdk_libdir" "$dpdk_incdir"
 			else
 				echo "Using $dpdk_incdir/rte_build_config.h for additional libs..."