diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e68c49a..0ab4f9c 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ override_dh_auto_build:
 	PHP_SRC_DIR=$$(readlink -f $$(ls -dt php-src/*/ | head -n1 | sed 's#/$$##')); \
 	test -d "$$PHP_SRC_DIR" || { echo "Could not locate extracted php$(PHP_VER) source dir"; ls -al php-src; exit 1; }; \
 	printf '%s' "$$PHP_SRC_DIR" > "$(PHP_SRC_MARKER)"; \
-	SQLITE3_DIR=$$(readlink -f $$(find "$$PHP_SRC_DIR" -type d -path '*/ext/sqlite3' | head -n1)); \
+	SQLITE3_DIR=$$(readlink -f $$(find "$$PHP_SRC_DIR" -type d -path '*/ext/sqlite3' ! -path '*/.pc/*' | head -n1)); \
 	test -d "$$SQLITE3_DIR" || { echo "ext/sqlite3 not found under $$PHP_SRC_DIR"; find "$$PHP_SRC_DIR" -maxdepth 4 -type d -name sqlite3; exit 1; }; \
 	printf '%s' "$$SQLITE3_DIR" > "$(SQLITE3_DIR_MARKER)"; \
-	PDO_SQLITE_DIR=$$(readlink -f $$(find "$$PHP_SRC_DIR" -type d -path '*/ext/pdo_sqlite' | head -n1)); \
+	PDO_SQLITE_DIR=$$(readlink -f $$(find "$$PHP_SRC_DIR" -type d -path '*/ext/pdo_sqlite' ! -path '*/.pc/*' | head -n1)); \
 	test -d "$$PDO_SQLITE_DIR" || { echo "ext/pdo_sqlite not found under $$PHP_SRC_DIR"; exit 1; }; \
 	printf '%s' "$$PDO_SQLITE_DIR" > "$(PDO_SQLITE_DIR_MARKER)"