diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 163f545f6c1..40f783349ea 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5606,7 +5606,7 @@ $as_echo "$wine_cv_cc_m32" >&6; }
       notice_platform="32-bit "
       TARGETFLAGS="-m32"
 
-      PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:-/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig}
+      PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:-/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkgconfig:/usr/lib32/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig}
       export PKG_CONFIG_PATH
       enable_win16=${enable_win16:-yes}
       with_unwind=${with_unwind:-no}
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ad7ed007e63..250b3c2d5c4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ case $host in
       host_cpu="i386"
       notice_platform="32-bit "
       AC_SUBST(TARGETFLAGS,"-m32")
-      PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:-/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig}
+      PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:-/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkgconfig:/usr/lib32/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig}
       export PKG_CONFIG_PATH
       enable_win16=${enable_win16:-yes}
       with_unwind=${with_unwind:-no}