diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index daeb5c88b50b..f6c5bef7e141 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ else
 HOSTCC	= gcc
 HOSTCXX	= g++
 endif
+HOSTPKG_CONFIG	= pkg-config

 export KBUILD_USERCFLAGS := -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes \
 			      -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -std=gnu89
@@ -525,7 +526,7 @@ KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE :=
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS :=
 CLANG_FLAGS :=

-export ARCH SRCARCH CONFIG_SHELL BASH HOSTCC KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS CROSS_COMPILE LD CC
+export ARCH SRCARCH CONFIG_SHELL BASH HOSTCC KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS CROSS_COMPILE LD CC HOSTPKG_CONFIG
 export CPP AR NM STRIP OBJCOPY OBJDUMP READELF PAHOLE RESOLVE_BTFIDS LEX YACC AWK INSTALLKERNEL
 export PERL PYTHON3 CHECK CHECKFLAGS MAKE UTS_MACHINE HOSTCXX
 export KGZIP KBZIP2 KLZOP LZMA LZ4 XZ ZSTD
diff --git a/certs/Makefile b/certs/Makefile
index 3ea7fe60823f..fa540d14ef2d 100644
--- a/certs/Makefile
+++ b/certs/Makefile
@@ -89,5 +89,5 @@ targets += x509_revocation_list

 hostprogs := extract-cert

-HOSTCFLAGS_extract-cert.o = $(shell pkg-config --cflags libcrypto 2> /dev/null)
-HOSTLDLIBS_extract-cert = $(shell pkg-config --libs libcrypto 2> /dev/null || echo -lcrypto)
+HOSTCFLAGS_extract-cert.o = $(shell $(HOSTPKG_CONFIG) --cflags libcrypto 2> /dev/null)
+HOSTLDLIBS_extract-cert = $(shell $(HOSTPKG_CONFIG) --libs libcrypto 2> /dev/null || echo -lcrypto)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
index ce5aa9030b74..f084f08ed176 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/Makefile
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ hostprogs-always-$(CONFIG_SYSTEM_EXTRA_CERTIFICATE)	+= insert-sys-cert
 HOSTCFLAGS_sorttable.o = -I$(srctree)/tools/include
 HOSTLDLIBS_sorttable = -lpthread
 HOSTCFLAGS_asn1_compiler.o = -I$(srctree)/include
-HOSTCFLAGS_sign-file.o = $(shell pkg-config --cflags libcrypto 2> /dev/null)
-HOSTLDLIBS_sign-file = $(shell pkg-config --libs libcrypto 2> /dev/null || echo -lcrypto)
+HOSTCFLAGS_sign-file.o = $(shell $(HOSTPKG_CONFIG) --cflags libcrypto 2> /dev/null)
+HOSTLDLIBS_sign-file = $(shell $(HOSTPKG_CONFIG) --libs libcrypto 2> /dev/null || echo -lcrypto)

 ifdef CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC
 ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/Makefile b/scripts/dtc/Makefile
index 95aaf7431bff..743fc08827ea 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/dtc/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fdtoverlay-objs	:= $(libfdt) fdtoverlay.o util.o
 # Source files need to get at the userspace version of libfdt_env.h to compile
 HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += -I $(srctree)/$(src)/libfdt

-ifeq ($(shell pkg-config --exists yaml-0.1 2>/dev/null && echo yes),)
+ifeq ($(shell $(HOSTPKG_CONFIG) --exists yaml-0.1 2>/dev/null && echo yes),)
 ifneq ($(CHECK_DT_BINDING)$(CHECK_DTBS),)
 $(error dtc needs libyaml for DT schema validation support. \
 	Install the necessary libyaml development package.)
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += -DNO_YAML
 else
 dtc-objs	+= yamltree.o
 # To include <yaml.h> installed in a non-default path
-HOSTCFLAGS_yamltree.o := $(shell pkg-config --cflags yaml-0.1)
+HOSTCFLAGS_yamltree.o := $(shell $(HOSTPKG_CONFIG) --cflags yaml-0.1)
 # To link libyaml installed in a non-default path
-HOSTLDLIBS_dtc	:= $(shell pkg-config yaml-0.1 --libs)
+HOSTLDLIBS_dtc	:= $(shell $(HOSTPKG_CONFIG) yaml-0.1 --libs)
 endif

 # Generated files need one more search path to include headers in source tree
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/gconf-cfg.sh b/scripts/kconfig/gconf-cfg.sh
index 480ecd8b9f41..cbd90c28c05f 100755
--- a/scripts/kconfig/gconf-cfg.sh
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/gconf-cfg.sh
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@

 PKG="gtk+-2.0 gmodule-2.0 libglade-2.0"

-if [ -z "$(command -v pkg-config)" ]; then
+if [ -z "$(command -v ${HOSTPKG_CONFIG})" ]; then
 	echo >&2 "*"
-	echo >&2 "* 'make gconfig' requires 'pkg-config'. Please install it."
+	echo >&2 "* 'make gconfig' requires '${HOSTPKG_CONFIG}'. Please install it."
 	echo >&2 "*"
 	exit 1
 fi

-if ! pkg-config --exists $PKG; then
+if ! ${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --exists $PKG; then
 	echo >&2 "*"
 	echo >&2 "* Unable to find the GTK+ installation. Please make sure that"
 	echo >&2 "* the GTK+ 2.0 development package is correctly installed."
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ if ! pkg-config --exists $PKG; then
 	exit 1
 fi

-if ! pkg-config --atleast-version=2.0.0 gtk+-2.0; then
+if ! ${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --atleast-version=2.0.0 gtk+-2.0; then
 	echo >&2 "*"
 	echo >&2 "* GTK+ is present but version >= 2.0.0 is required."
 	echo >&2 "*"
 	exit 1
 fi

-echo cflags=\"$(pkg-config --cflags $PKG)\"
-echo libs=\"$(pkg-config --libs $PKG)\"
+echo cflags=\"$(${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --cflags $PKG)\"
+echo libs=\"$(${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --libs $PKG)\"
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/mconf-cfg.sh b/scripts/kconfig/mconf-cfg.sh
index b520e407a8eb..025b565e0b7c 100755
--- a/scripts/kconfig/mconf-cfg.sh
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/mconf-cfg.sh
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
 PKG="ncursesw"
 PKG2="ncurses"

-if [ -n "$(command -v pkg-config)" ]; then
-	if pkg-config --exists $PKG; then
-		echo cflags=\"$(pkg-config --cflags $PKG)\"
-		echo libs=\"$(pkg-config --libs $PKG)\"
+if [ -n "$(command -v ${HOSTPKG_CONFIG})" ]; then
+	if ${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --exists $PKG; then
+		echo cflags=\"$(${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --cflags $PKG)\"
+		echo libs=\"$(${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --libs $PKG)\"
 		exit 0
 	fi

-	if pkg-config --exists $PKG2; then
-		echo cflags=\"$(pkg-config --cflags $PKG2)\"
-		echo libs=\"$(pkg-config --libs $PKG2)\"
+	if ${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --exists $PKG2; then
+		echo cflags=\"$(${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --cflags $PKG2)\"
+		echo libs=\"$(${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --libs $PKG2)\"
 		exit 0
 	fi
 fi
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ echo >&2 "* Unable to find the ncurses package."
 echo >&2 "* Install ncurses (ncurses-devel or libncurses-dev"
 echo >&2 "* depending on your distribution)."
 echo >&2 "*"
-echo >&2 "* You may also need to install pkg-config to find the"
+echo >&2 "* You may also need to install ${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} to find the"
 echo >&2 "* ncurses installed in a non-default location."
 echo >&2 "*"
 exit 1
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/nconf-cfg.sh b/scripts/kconfig/nconf-cfg.sh
index c212255070c0..3a10bac2adb3 100755
--- a/scripts/kconfig/nconf-cfg.sh
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/nconf-cfg.sh
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
 PKG="ncursesw menuw panelw"
 PKG2="ncurses menu panel"

-if [ -n "$(command -v pkg-config)" ]; then
-	if pkg-config --exists $PKG; then
-		echo cflags=\"$(pkg-config --cflags $PKG)\"
-		echo libs=\"$(pkg-config --libs $PKG)\"
+if [ -n "$(command -v ${HOSTPKG_CONFIG})" ]; then
+	if ${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --exists $PKG; then
+		echo cflags=\"$(${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --cflags $PKG)\"
+		echo libs=\"$(${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --libs $PKG)\"
 		exit 0
 	fi

-	if pkg-config --exists $PKG2; then
-		echo cflags=\"$(pkg-config --cflags $PKG2)\"
-		echo libs=\"$(pkg-config --libs $PKG2)\"
+	if ${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --exists $PKG2; then
+		echo cflags=\"$(${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --cflags $PKG2)\"
+		echo libs=\"$(${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --libs $PKG2)\"
 		exit 0
 	fi
 fi
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ echo >&2 "* Unable to find the ncurses package."
 echo >&2 "* Install ncurses (ncurses-devel or libncurses-dev"
 echo >&2 "* depending on your distribution)."
 echo >&2 "*"
-echo >&2 "* You may also need to install pkg-config to find the"
+echo >&2 "* You may also need to install ${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} to find the"
 echo >&2 "* ncurses installed in a non-default location."
 echo >&2 "*"
 exit 1
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/qconf-cfg.sh b/scripts/kconfig/qconf-cfg.sh
index fa564cd795b7..9b695e5cd9b3 100755
--- a/scripts/kconfig/qconf-cfg.sh
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/qconf-cfg.sh
@@ -3,22 +3,22 @@

 PKG="Qt5Core Qt5Gui Qt5Widgets"

-if [ -z "$(command -v pkg-config)" ]; then
+if [ -z "$(command -v ${HOSTPKG_CONFIG})" ]; then
 	echo >&2 "*"
-	echo >&2 "* 'make xconfig' requires 'pkg-config'. Please install it."
+	echo >&2 "* 'make xconfig' requires '${HOSTPKG_CONFIG}'. Please install it."
 	echo >&2 "*"
 	exit 1
 fi

-if pkg-config --exists $PKG; then
-	echo cflags=\"-std=c++11 -fPIC $(pkg-config --cflags $PKG)\"
-	echo libs=\"$(pkg-config --libs $PKG)\"
-	echo moc=\"$(pkg-config --variable=host_bins Qt5Core)/moc\"
+if ${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --exists $PKG; then
+	echo cflags=\"-std=c++11 -fPIC $(${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --cflags $PKG)\"
+	echo libs=\"$(${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --libs $PKG)\"
+	echo moc=\"$(${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --variable=host_bins Qt5Core)/moc\"
 	exit 0
 fi

 echo >&2 "*"
-echo >&2 "* Could not find Qt5 via pkg-config."
+echo >&2 "* Could not find Qt5 via ${HOSTPKG_CONFIG}."
 echo >&2 "* Please install Qt5 and make sure it's in PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
 echo >&2 "*"
 exit 1
diff --git a/tools/objtool/Makefile b/tools/objtool/Makefile
index 92ce4fce7bc7..549acc5859e9 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/objtool/Makefile
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ LIBSUBCMD		= $(LIBSUBCMD_OUTPUT)libsubcmd.a
 OBJTOOL    := $(OUTPUT)objtool
 OBJTOOL_IN := $(OBJTOOL)-in.o

-LIBELF_FLAGS := $(shell pkg-config libelf --cflags 2>/dev/null)
-LIBELF_LIBS  := $(shell pkg-config libelf --libs 2>/dev/null || echo -lelf)
+LIBELF_FLAGS := $(shell $(HOSTPKG_CONFIG) libelf --cflags 2>/dev/null)
+LIBELF_LIBS  := $(shell $(HOSTPKG_CONFIG) libelf --libs 2>/dev/null || echo -lelf)

 all: $(OBJTOOL)

