diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1bd26a1e..3a792518 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ notmuch (0.38.3-3) unstable; urgency=medium
     #1077911).
   * skip test T810-tsan everywhere, as it seems broken by the latest glib
     (Closes: #1077910). Thanks to Jeremy Bícha for the report
+  * Replace build-dependency on pkg-config with pkgconf
 
- -- David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>  Mon, 05 Aug 2024 08:48:01 -0300
+ -- David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>  Mon, 05 Aug 2024 10:13:01 -0300
 
 notmuch (0.38.3-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4dc525c1..08e3c7f3 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Build-Depends: dpkg-dev (>= 1.22.5),
  libtalloc-dev,
  libxapian-dev,
  libz-dev,
- pkg-config,
+ pkgconf,
  python3,
  python3-cffi,
  python3-pytest,