diff --git a/manifest.toml b/manifest.toml
index 2ea5109..2ef79e9 100644
--- a/manifest.toml
+++ b/manifest.toml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ ram.runtime = "50M"
     [resources.ports]
 
     [resources.apt]
-    packages = "mariadb-server default-libmysqlclient-dev cmake python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev libcurl4"
+    packages = "mariadb-server default-libmysqlclient-dev cmake python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev libcurl4 pkg-config"
 
     # This will automatically provision/deprovison a database and store the corresponding credentials in settings $db_user, $db_name, $db_pwd
     [resources.database]