diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2528926..ad28500 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ Changes from 1.6.3 to 1.7.0:
     to specify that static linking should be used by default.
   - Support for the PKG_CONFIG_MSVC_SYNTAX environment variable has
     been added.  Patch by Dan Kegel.
+  - Support for the PKGCONF_PKG_PKGF_DONT_MERGE_SPECIAL_FRAGMENTS
+    client flag which disables emulation of freedesktop.org pkg-config
+    fragment merging semantics has been added.
+    Patch by Karen Arutyunov.
 
 Changes from 1.6.2 to 1.6.3:
 ----------------------------
diff --git a/libpkgconf/fragment.c b/libpkgconf/fragment.c
index b431694..37830c8 100644
--- a/libpkgconf/fragment.c
+++ b/libpkgconf/fragment.c
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ pkgconf_fragment_add(const pkgconf_client_t *client, pkgconf_list_t *list, const
 	{
 		char mungebuf[PKGCONF_ITEM_SIZE];
 
-		if (list->tail != NULL && list->tail->data != NULL)
+		if (list->tail != NULL && list->tail->data != NULL &&
+		    !(client->flags & PKGCONF_PKG_PKGF_DONT_MERGE_SPECIAL_FRAGMENTS))
 		{
 			pkgconf_fragment_t *parent = list->tail->data;
 
diff --git a/libpkgconf/libpkgconf.h b/libpkgconf/libpkgconf.h
index 2c0a561..ebc1d5e 100644
--- a/libpkgconf/libpkgconf.h
+++ b/libpkgconf/libpkgconf.h
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ PKGCONF_API pkgconf_cross_personality_t *pkgconf_cross_personality_find(const ch
 #define PKGCONF_PKG_PKGF_DONT_RELOCATE_PATHS		0x0800
 #define PKGCONF_PKG_PKGF_SIMPLIFY_ERRORS		0x1000
 #define PKGCONF_PKG_PKGF_DONT_FILTER_INTERNAL_CFLAGS	0x2000
+#define PKGCONF_PKG_PKGF_DONT_MERGE_SPECIAL_FRAGMENTS	0x4000
 
 #define PKGCONF_PKG_DEPF_INTERNAL		0x1