diff --git a/Tools/ardupilotwaf/cxx_checks.py b/Tools/ardupilotwaf/cxx_checks.py
index 624d85b5ac..2181a2f1e3 100644
--- a/Tools/ardupilotwaf/cxx_checks.py
+++ b/Tools/ardupilotwaf/cxx_checks.py
@@ -159,9 +159,10 @@ def check_librt(cfg, env):
 @conf
 def check_package(cfg, env, libname):
     '''use pkg-config to look for an installed library that has a LIBNAME.pc file'''
-    cfg.check_cfg(package=libname, mandatory=False, global_define=True,
-                  args=['--libs', '--cflags'])
     capsname = libname.upper()
+    cfg.check_cfg(package=libname, mandatory=False, global_define=True,
+                  args=['--libs', '--cflags'], uselib_store=capsname)
+
     env.LIB += cfg.env['LIB_%s' % capsname]
     env.INCLUDES += cfg.env['INCLUDES_%s' % capsname]
     env.CFLAGS += cfg.env['CFLAGS_%s' % capsname]