diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libnl/libnl-3.8.0.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libnl/libnl-3.8.0.ebuild
index 3929eab8e2..49a085069d 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libnl/libnl-3.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libnl/libnl-3.8.0.ebuild
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 	${RDEPEND}
 	sys-devel/bison
 	sys-devel/flex
+	virtual/pkgconfig
 	python? (
 		${DISTUTILS_DEPS}
 		dev-lang/swig
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libnl/libnl-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libnl/libnl-9999.ebuild
index f2b9a23648..5d2491e1a6 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libnl/libnl-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libnl/libnl-9999.ebuild
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 	${RDEPEND}
 	sys-devel/bison
 	sys-devel/flex
+	virtual/pkgconfig
 	python? (
 		${DISTUTILS_DEPS}
 		dev-lang/swig