diff --git a/build-aux/meson/i386.txt b/build-aux/meson/i386.txt
index 18ed7fa9a146b56f9fcfc1717ade78952923e7c3..883c874a8bf7aeaba821b386ebf2cb7f685970a9 100644
--- a/build-aux/meson/i386.txt
+++ b/build-aux/meson/i386.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ cpp = 'g++'
 ar = 'ar'
 strip = 'strip'
 pkgconfig = 'i686-linux-gnu-pkg-config'
+pkg-config = 'i686-linux-gnu-pkg-config'
 exe_wrapper = 'env'
 
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diff --git a/build-aux/meson/scout-i386.txt b/build-aux/meson/scout-i386.txt
index 78733617f22f53a9aafa02dd830f880925a5f51a..df949589c51b133025c9a6cc61e9e63aa3669158 100644
--- a/build-aux/meson/scout-i386.txt
+++ b/build-aux/meson/scout-i386.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ cpp = '/usr/bin/g++-4.8'
 ar = '/usr/bin/ar'
 strip = '/usr/bin/strip'
 pkgconfig = '/usr/bin/i686-linux-gnu-pkg-config'
+pkg-config = '/usr/bin/i686-linux-gnu-pkg-config'
 exe_wrapper = '/usr/bin/env'
 
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