diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c72981610b2a..1ed30f167cda 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ARCH=$(uname -m)
 if [ "$OS-$ARCH" = "Darwin-arm64" ]; then
 CPATH=/opt/homebrew/include
 LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/homebrew/lib
-export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/homebrew/opt/sqlite/lib/pkgconfig
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}:/opt/homebrew/opt/sqlite/lib/pkgconfig
 else
 CPATH=/usr/local/lib
 LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib