diff --git a/libsigrok.pc.in b/libsigrok.pc.in
index e0a41826..be0c9c11 100644
--- a/libsigrok.pc.in
+++ b/libsigrok.pc.in
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Name: libsigrok
 Description: Backend library of the sigrok logic analyzer software
 URL: http://www.sigrok.org
 Requires:
+Requires.private: @LIBSIGROK_PKGLIBS@
 Version: @VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lsigrok
+Libs.private:
 Cflags: -I${includedir}