diff --git a/.changes/1385.json b/.changes/1385.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..deb6f0f16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1385.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "description": "Set PKG_CONFIG_PATH in the FreeBSD Dockerfile.",
+    "issues": [1384],
+    "type": "fixed"
+}
+
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.x86_64-unknown-freebsd b/docker/Dockerfile.x86_64-unknown-freebsd
index 1fecaed42..eda51f18b 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.x86_64-unknown-freebsd
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.x86_64-unknown-freebsd
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ ENV CARGO_TARGET_X86_64_UNKNOWN_FREEBSD_LINKER="$CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX"gcc.sh \
     CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE_x86_64_unknown_freebsd=/opt/toolchain.cmake \
     BINDGEN_EXTRA_CLANG_ARGS_x86_64_unknown_freebsd="--sysroot=$CROSS_SYSROOT" \
     X86_64_UNKNOWN_FREEBSD_OPENSSL_DIR="$CROSS_SYSROOT" \
+    PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${CROSS_SYSROOT}/libdata/pkgconfig/:${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}" \
     CROSS_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=FreeBSD \
     CROSS_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR=amd64 \
     CROSS_CMAKE_CRT=freebsd \