diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/mg/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/mg/default.nix
index d0367d7c305..4fb8d51b969 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/mg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/mg/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libbsd, ncurses }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libbsd, ncurses, buildPackages }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "mg-${version}";
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  makeFlags = [ "PKG_CONFIG=${pkgconfig}/bin/pkg-config" ];
+  makeFlags = [ "PKG_CONFIG=${buildPackages.pkgconfig}/bin/pkg-config" ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     install -m 555 -Dt $out/bin mg