diff --git a/build.win32x86/third-party/pkgconfig/Makefile.lib b/build.win32x86/third-party/pkgconfig/Makefile.lib
index 547c444abc..d096c33a0e 100644
--- a/build.win32x86/third-party/pkgconfig/Makefile.lib
+++ b/build.win32x86/third-party/pkgconfig/Makefile.lib
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ifndef THIRDPARTYDIR
 	include ../common/Makefile.lib.extra
 endif
-include ../../third-party/pkgconfig.spec
+include ../../third-party/pkgconfig.spec.win
 
 # plugin definitions
 PKGCONFIGURL:=$(pkgconfig_spec_download_url)
diff --git a/third-party/pkgconfig.spec.win b/third-party/pkgconfig.spec.win
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad7b33133f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third-party/pkgconfig.spec.win
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# I need to use a different version of pkgconfig for windows because version 0.29.1 does not work
+# with macOS and 0.23 does not work with Windows. 
+# Since this is a support library and it will not go to the final product, we do not care which 
+# version we use...
+pkgconfig_spec_download_url:=http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/pkg-config-0.29.1.tar.gz
+pkgconfig_spec_archive_name:=pkg-config-0.29.1.tar.gz
+pkgconfig_spec_unpack_dir_name:=pkg-config-0.29.1