### The directory environment:
# Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
-PKGCFG = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
+PKGCFG = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:../../.." pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr))
LIBDIR = $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
LOCDIR = $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
PLGCFG = $(call PKGCFG,plgcfg)