diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/meson.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/meson.eclass
index c33f4ea208..f7cf8a0722 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/meson.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/meson.eclass
@@ -161,7 +161,10 @@ _meson_create_cross_file() {
 	objc = $(_meson_env_array "$(tc-getPROG OBJC cc)")
 	objcopy = $(_meson_env_array "$(tc-getOBJCOPY)")
 	objcpp = $(_meson_env_array "$(tc-getPROG OBJCXX c++)")
+	# TODO: Cleanup 'pkgconfig' and keep just 'pkg-config' once we require
+	# >=1.3.0.
 	pkgconfig = '$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)'
+	pkg-config = '$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)'
 	strip = $(_meson_env_array "$(tc-getSTRIP)")
 	windres = $(_meson_env_array "$(tc-getRC)")
 
@@ -215,7 +218,10 @@ _meson_create_native_file() {
 	objc = $(_meson_env_array "$(tc-getBUILD_PROG OBJC cc)")
 	objcopy = $(_meson_env_array "$(tc-getBUILD_OBJCOPY)")
 	objcpp = $(_meson_env_array "$(tc-getBUILD_PROG OBJCXX c++)")
+	# TODO: Cleanup 'pkgconfig' and keep just 'pkg-config' once we require
+	# >=1.3.0.
 	pkgconfig = '$(tc-getBUILD_PKG_CONFIG)'
+	pkg-config = '$(tc-getBUILD_PKG_CONFIG)'
 	strip = $(_meson_env_array "$(tc-getBUILD_STRIP)")
 	windres = $(_meson_env_array "$(tc-getBUILD_PROG RC windres)")