diff --git a/tools/thermal/tmon/Makefile b/tools/thermal/tmon/Makefile
index 581da716ea1c..1e11bd38a6b4 100644
--- a/tools/thermal/tmon/Makefile
+++ b/tools/thermal/tmon/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ CFLAGS+= -O1 ${WARNFLAGS}
 # Add "-fstack-protector" only if toolchain supports it.
 CFLAGS+= $(call cc-option,-fstack-protector)
 CC?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
+PKG_CONFIG?= pkg-config
 
 CFLAGS+=-D VERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"
 LDFLAGS+=
@@ -23,12 +24,12 @@ STATIC := --static
 endif
 
 TMON_LIBS=-lm -lpthread
-TMON_LIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs $(STATIC) panelw ncursesw 2> /dev/null || \
-		     pkg-config --libs $(STATIC) panel ncurses 2> /dev/null || \
+TMON_LIBS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs $(STATIC) panelw ncursesw 2> /dev/null || \
+		     $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs $(STATIC) panel ncurses 2> /dev/null || \
 		     echo -lpanel -lncurses)
 
-CFLAGS    += $(shell pkg-config --cflags $(STATIC) panelw ncursesw 2> /dev/null || \
-		     pkg-config --cflags $(STATIC) panel ncurses 2> /dev/null)
+CFLAGS    += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags $(STATIC) panelw ncursesw 2> /dev/null || \
+		     $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags $(STATIC) panel ncurses 2> /dev/null)
 
 OBJS = tmon.o tui.o sysfs.o pid.o
 OBJS +=