diff --git a/libmpv/mpv.pc.in b/libmpv/mpv.pc.in
index 75f2869fc9..56863439ae 100644
--- a/libmpv/mpv.pc.in
+++ b/libmpv/mpv.pc.in
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ Description: mpv media player client library
 Version: @VERSION@
 Requires:
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lmpv
+Libs.private: @PRIV_LIBS@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/wscript_build.py b/wscript_build.py
index 8825f15b6f..090fe280ca 100644
--- a/wscript_build.py
+++ b/wscript_build.py
@@ -479,6 +479,13 @@ def build(ctx):
         if build_static:
             _build_libmpv(False)
 
+        def get_deps():
+            res = ""
+            for k in ctx.env.keys():
+                if k.startswith("LIB_") and k != "LIB_ST":
+                    res += " ".join(["-l" + x for x in ctx.env[k]]) + " "
+            return res
+
         ctx(
             target       = 'libmpv/mpv.pc',
             source       = 'libmpv/mpv.pc.in',
@@ -487,6 +494,7 @@ def build(ctx):
             LIBDIR       = ctx.env.LIBDIR,
             INCDIR       = ctx.env.INCDIR,
             VERSION      = libversion,
+            PRIV_LIBS    = get_deps(),
         )
 
         headers = ["client.h"]