diff --git a/srcpkgs/pkg-config/template b/srcpkgs/pkg-config/template
index 83fc13ceb3d..6fd1fdfc46c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pkg-config/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pkg-config/template
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 # Template build file for 'pkg-config'
 pkgname=pkg-config
-version=0.23
+version=0.24
 distfiles="http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
-configure_args="--disable-threads"
+configure_args="--with-installed-popt"
 short_desc="System for managing library compile/link flags"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=08a0e072d6a05419a58124db864f0685e6ac96e71b2875bf15ac12714e983b53
+checksum=e166d04defd1b4d3d54b8c3922ccb1c660d12884f62dd6b3cb7cf8b572b66f46
 long_desc="
  pkg-config is a system for managing library compile/link flags that
  works with automake and autoconf.  It replaces the ubiquitous
  *-config scripts you may have seen with a single tool."
 
-Add_dependency full glibc
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run popt
+Add_dependency build popt-devel