diff --git a/package/zbar/zbar.mk b/package/zbar/zbar.mk
index 5554dca6a1..fb83fa01d5 100644
--- a/package/zbar/zbar.mk
+++ b/package/zbar/zbar.mk
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),y)
 ZBAR_DEPENDENCIES += host-python3 python3
 ZBAR_CONF_OPTS += --with-python=python3
+ZBAR_CONF_ENV += PYTHON_CONFIG="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/python3-config"
 else
 ZBAR_CONF_OPTS += --with-python=no
 endif