diff --git a/recipes/pcre/pcre-binconfig.oe b/recipes/pcre/pcre-binconfig.oe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e30a7342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/pcre/pcre-binconfig.oe
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "Recipe to provide a symlink to machine:pcre-config in stage/cross/bin/"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+
+RECIPE_TYPES = "cross"
+FILES_${PN} = "${bindir}"
+
+do_install() {
+    install -d ${D}${bindir}
+    ln -s ../../machine${machine_bindir} ${D}${bindir}/pcre-config
+}
diff --git a/recipes/pcre/pcre.inc b/recipes/pcre/pcre.inc
index 8cf5d0850..7ade5de06 100644
--- a/recipes/pcre/pcre.inc
+++ b/recipes/pcre/pcre.inc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://www.pcre.org/"
 
 RECIPE_TYPES = "native machine sdk"
 
-inherit c++ autotools-autoreconf binconfig pkgconfig
+inherit c++ autotools-autoreconf pkgconfig
 
 require conf/fetch/sourceforge.conf
 SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/project/${PN}/${PN}/${PV}/${P}.tar.gz"
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ AUTO_PACKAGE_LIBS_PCPREFIX = "lib"
 AUTO_PACKAGE_LIBS_DEV_DEPENDS = "${PN}-dev_${PV}"
 DEPENDS_${PN}-libpcreposix = "libpcre libc"
 DEPENDS_${PN}-libpcrecpp = "libpcre libc libm libgcc libstdc++"
-DEPENDS_${PN}-libpcre = "libc"
+DEPENDS_${PN}-libpcre = "libc cross:pcre-binconfig"