diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e419cbee..6e4b7728 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                libuuid-perl,
                lintian,
                perl,
-               pkg-config,
+               pkgconf,
                pve-cluster,
                pve-doc-generator (>= 6.2-5),
                pve-edk2-firmware-ovmf (>= 4.2025.02-3),
diff --git a/src/qmeventd/Makefile b/src/qmeventd/Makefile
index da1e5f4f..b4df90b4 100644
--- a/src/qmeventd/Makefile
+++ b/src/qmeventd/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ MANDIR=$(PREFIX)/share/man
 
 CC ?= gcc
 CFLAGS += -O2 -Werror -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Wtype-limits -Wl,-z,relro -std=gnu11
-CFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --cflags json-c glib-2.0)
-LDFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --libs json-c glib-2.0)
+CFLAGS += $(shell pkgconf --cflags json-c glib-2.0)
+LDFLAGS += $(shell pkgconf --libs json-c glib-2.0)
 
 qmeventd: qmeventd.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LDFLAGS)