diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/clang17.sh b/.github/workflows/dependencies/clang17.sh
index 0a7f710c0f9..d208a9f3f3b 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/clang17.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/clang17.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ apt-get -y install sudo
 #   failed files the given number of times.
 echo 'Acquire::Retries "3";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80-retries
 
-# Note: this dependency file is currently used within a docker container,
-# which does not come with wget, xz-utils, curl, git and ccache pre-installed.
+# This dependency file is currently used within a docker container,
+# which does not come (among others) with wget, xz-utils, curl, git,
+# ccache, and pkg-config pre-installed.
 sudo apt-get -qqq update
 sudo apt-get install -y \
     cmake               \
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ sudo apt-get install -y \
     xz-utils            \
     curl                \
     git                 \
-    ccache
+    ccache              \
+    pkg-config
 
 # Use clang 17
 export CXX=$(which clang++-17)