diff --git a/thirdparty/build-thirdparty.sh b/thirdparty/build-thirdparty.sh
index 330a5bc51a96d3..3137920125399b 100755
--- a/thirdparty/build-thirdparty.sh
+++ b/thirdparty/build-thirdparty.sh
@@ -198,10 +198,10 @@ ln -sf lib64 lib
 popd
 
 # Configure the search paths for pkg-config and cmake
-export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${TP_DIR}/installed/lib64/pkgconfig"
+export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="${TP_DIR}/installed/lib64/pkgconfig"
 export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${TP_DIR}/installed"
 
-echo "PKG_CONFIG_PATH: ${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}"
+echo "PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR: ${PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR}"
 echo "CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH: ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}"
 
 check_prerequest() {