diff --git a/src/libbsd-overlay.pc.in b/src/libbsd-overlay.pc.in
index ac8bf89..01b7ea5 100644
--- a/src/libbsd-overlay.pc.in
+++ b/src/libbsd-overlay.pc.in
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ Description: Utility functions from BSD systems (overlay)
 Version: @VERSION@
 URL: https://libbsd.freedesktop.org/
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lbsd
+Libs.private: @LIBBSD_LIBS@
 Cflags: -isystem ${includedir}/bsd -DLIBBSD_OVERLAY