--- libpkgconf/path.c
+++ libpkgconf/path.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	iter = workbuf = strdup(text);
-	while ((p = strtok(iter, PKG_CONFIG_PATH_SEP_S)) != NULL)
+	while ((p = strtok(iter, ":;")) != NULL)
 	{
 		pkgconf_path_add(p, dirlist, filter);