--- meson.build.orig	2022-09-04 20:06:36 UTC
+++ meson.build
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ pkgconfig_variables = ['exec_prefix=${prefix}',
 
 pkgconfig_subdirs = ['gstreamer-1.0']
 
+if get_option('pkgconfig').enabled()
 pkgconfig.generate(
   libraries : [gst_dep],
   variables : pkgconfig_variables,
@@ -505,6 +506,7 @@ pkgconfig.generate(
   name : 'gstreamer-plugins-bad-1.0',
   description : 'Streaming media framework, bad plugins libraries',
 )
+endif
 
 gpl_allowed = get_option('gpl').allowed()