diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6a78bf681..57430f676 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ for i in "$@"; do
 			if command -v "pkg-config" > /dev/null 2>&1 && PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$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:$dpdk_libdir/pkgconfig" pkg-config --variable=libdir libdpdk)
+				dpdk_libdir=$(PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR='' PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$dpdk_libdir/pkgconfig" pkg-config --variable=libdir libdpdk)
 				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="