diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/hostpython3/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/hostpython3/__init__.py
index 8cda969f3a..ef2324aea4 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/hostpython3/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/hostpython3/__init__.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def get_recipe_env(self, arch=None):
         openssl_prereq = OpenSSLPrerequisite()
         if env.get("PKG_CONFIG_PATH", ""):
             env["PKG_CONFIG_PATH"] = os.pathsep.join(
-                openssl_prereq.pkg_config_location, env["PKG_CONFIG_PATH"]
+                [openssl_prereq.pkg_config_location, env["PKG_CONFIG_PATH"]]
             )
         else:
             env["PKG_CONFIG_PATH"] = openssl_prereq.pkg_config_location