diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 52a223bf5..96095fa53 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -299,6 +299,11 @@ jobs:
           (set -ex; for pkg in libelf libusb hidapi libftdi readline libserialport; do
             brew list "$pkg"
           done)
+
+          (set -ex; for pkg in libelf libusb-1.0 hidapi libftdi1 readline libserialport; do
+            pkg-config --cflags "$pkg"
+            pkg-config --libs "$pkg"
+          done)
       - name: Run the built avrdude before installing
         run: ./_ambuild/avrdude --help
       - name: Install