diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 66dc7b95a89..852ef121a2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5333,7 +5333,9 @@ let
      cross_renaming: we should make all programs use pkgconfig as
      nativeBuildInput after the renaming.
      */
-  pkgconfig = forceNativeDrv (callPackage ../development/tools/misc/pkgconfig { });
+  pkgconfig = forceNativeDrv (callPackage ../development/tools/misc/pkgconfig {
+    fetchurl = fetchurlBoot;
+  });
   pkgconfigUpstream = lowPrio (pkgconfig.override { vanilla = true; });
 
   prelink = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/prelink { };