diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pkgconf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pkgconf/package.py
index 742713c0ff..364a631ac8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pkgconf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pkgconf/package.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class Pkgconf(AutotoolsPackage):
     homepage = "http://pkgconf.org/"
     url      = "http://distfiles.alpinelinux.org/distfiles/pkgconf-1.4.2.tar.xz"
 
+    version('1.5.4',  '9c5864a4e08428ef52f05a41c948529555458dec6d283b50f8b7d32463c54664')
     version('1.4.2',  '678d242b4eef1754bba6a58642af10bb')
     version('1.4.0',  'c509c0dad5a70aa4bc3210557b7eafce')
     version('1.3.10', '9b63707bf6f8da6efb3868101d7525fe')