diff --git a/devel/pkg-config/Makefile b/devel/pkg-config/Makefile
index ab276b220..e11e508fa 100644
--- a/devel/pkg-config/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pkg-config/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ post-configure:
 	cd ${WRKSRC}/glib; \
 	${GREP} -v HAVE_DTRACE config.h >config.h.new; \
 	${MV} config.h.new config.h
+
+.if ${OS_VARIANT} == "Minix"
+USE_GNU_ICONV=	yes
+.include "../../devel/pth/buildlink3.mk"
+.endif
 .endif
 
 .if ${OS_VARIANT} == "SCOOSR5"
diff --git a/devel/pkg-config/distinfo b/devel/pkg-config/distinfo
index 46bb60413..9dddc4c0f 100644
--- a/devel/pkg-config/distinfo
+++ b/devel/pkg-config/distinfo
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ RMD160 (pkg-config-0.28.tar.gz) = 233f0b667cfb8f2e6a5647984d6389a770132173
 Size (pkg-config-0.28.tar.gz) = 1931203 bytes
 SHA1 (patch-configure) = 286dcc405ae8f4d4c6e8598960ed03ba5822dfb1
 SHA1 (patch-glib_glib_gtimer.c) = abd8b5fa7d3a748385b91d47728531da37e1b4e5
+SHA1 (patch-zz-minix) = 423a32586781d9dcecb5e1004edf67d769608dc3
diff --git a/devel/pkg-config/patches/patch-zz-minix b/devel/pkg-config/patches/patch-zz-minix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b33333907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/pkg-config/patches/patch-zz-minix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+$NetBSD$
+
+--- glib/glib/gthread-posix.c.orig	Tue Oct  2 05:49:07 2012
++++ glib/glib/gthread-posix.c
+@@ -1143,7 +1143,11 @@ g_system_thread_new (GThreadFunc   thread_func,
+ void
+ g_thread_yield (void)
+ {
++#ifdef __minix
++  return;
++#else
+   sched_yield ();
++#endif
+ }
+ 
+ void