--- /dev/null
+From 3af920cb4a9c272b9b75a4f3eea9da9000520949 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?St=C3=A9phane=20Cerveau?= <scerveau@collabora.com>
+Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:11:52 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] envconfig: add pkg_config_libdir property
+
+In order to unify the use of sysroot in the cross-file,
+the pkg_config_libdir can now be passed directly in the file.
+
+Upstream: 958df63dac810246e84c2b8eaa32d22d19ace0ef
+[Arnout: remove documentation changes: we don't extract docs/]
+Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
+---
+ mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py | 6 ++++++
+ mesonbuild/envconfig.py | 6 ++++++
+ run_unittests.py | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
+ 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
+index 40e304c7..282c314b 100644
+--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
++++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
+@@ -697,6 +697,12 @@ class PkgConfigDependency(ExternalDependency):
+ mlog.debug('PKG_CONFIG_PATH: ' + new_pkg_config_path)
+ env['PKG_CONFIG_PATH'] = new_pkg_config_path
+
++ pkg_config_libdir_prop = self.env.properties[self.for_machine].get_pkg_config_libdir()
++ if pkg_config_libdir_prop:
++ new_pkg_config_libdir = ':'.join([p for p in pkg_config_libdir_prop])
++ env['PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR'] = new_pkg_config_libdir
++ mlog.debug('PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR: ' + new_pkg_config_libdir)
++
+ fenv = frozenset(env.items())
+ targs = tuple(args)
+ cache = PkgConfigDependency.pkgbin_cache
+diff --git a/mesonbuild/envconfig.py b/mesonbuild/envconfig.py
+index c8a37f4c..3e5e44b8 100644
+--- a/mesonbuild/envconfig.py
++++ b/mesonbuild/envconfig.py
+@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ class Properties(HasEnvVarFallback):
+ def get_sys_root(self) -> T.Optional[T.Union[str, T.List[str]]]:
+ return self.properties.get('sys_root', None)
+
++ def get_pkg_config_libdir(self) -> T.Optional[T.List[str]]:
++ p = self.properties.get('pkg_config_libdir', None)
++ if p is None:
++ return p
++ return mesonlib.listify(p)
++
+ def __eq__(self, other: T.Any) -> 'T.Union[bool, NotImplemented]':
+ if isinstance(other, type(self)):
+ return self.properties == other.properties
+diff --git a/run_unittests.py b/run_unittests.py
+index 676604f4..382c0964 100755
+--- a/run_unittests.py
++++ b/run_unittests.py
+@@ -3621,6 +3621,34 @@ recommended as it is not supported on some platforms''')
+ self.wipe()
+ self.init(testdir, extra_args=['-Dstart_native=true'], override_envvars=env)
+
++ @skipIfNoPkgconfig
++ @unittest.skipIf(is_windows(), 'Help needed with fixing this test on windows')
++ def test_pkg_config_libdir(self):
++ testdir = os.path.join(self.unit_test_dir,
++ '46 native dep pkgconfig var')
++ with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w', delete=False) as crossfile:
++ crossfile.write(textwrap.dedent(
++ '''[binaries]
++ pkgconfig = 'pkg-config'
++
++ [properties]
++ pkg_config_libdir = [r'{0}']
++
++ [host_machine]
++ system = 'linux'
++ cpu_family = 'arm'
++ cpu = 'armv7'
++ endian = 'little'
++ '''.format(os.path.join(testdir, 'cross_pkgconfig'))))
++ crossfile.flush()
++ self.meson_cross_file = crossfile.name
++
++ env = {'PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR': os.path.join(testdir,
++ 'native_pkgconfig')}
++ self.init(testdir, extra_args=['-Dstart_native=false'], override_envvars=env)
++ self.wipe()
++ self.init(testdir, extra_args=['-Dstart_native=true'], override_envvars=env)
++
+ def __reconfigure(self, change_minor=False):
+ # Set an older version to force a reconfigure from scratch
+ filename = os.path.join(self.privatedir, 'coredata.dat')
+@@ -6847,7 +6875,7 @@ class NativeFileTests(BasePlatformTests):
+
+ class CrossFileTests(BasePlatformTests):
+
+- """Tests for cross file functioality not directly related to
++ """Tests for cross file functionality not directly related to
+ cross compiling.
+
+ This is mainly aimed to testing overrides from cross files.
+--
+2.24.1
+