diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 66a94c22f3f..00fc535b0e9 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ clean:
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ifneq (,$(filter $(UNAME),Linux Darwin GNU/kFreeBSD GNU OpenBSD FreeBSD NetBSD DragonFly SunOS Haiku AIX))
 
-all: libzstd.pc
+lib: libzstd.pc
 
 HAS_EXPLICIT_EXEC_PREFIX := $(if $(or $(EXEC_PREFIX),$(exec_prefix)),1,)
 
@@ -296,16 +296,16 @@ INSTALL_PROGRAM ?= $(INSTALL)
 INSTALL_DATA    ?= $(INSTALL) -m 644
 
 
-libzstd.pc:
 libzstd.pc: libzstd.pc.in
 	@echo creating pkgconfig
 	@sed $(SED_ERE_OPT) \
 	        -e 's|@PREFIX@|$(PREFIX)|' \
 	        -e 's|@EXEC_PREFIX@|$(PCEXEC_PREFIX)|' \
-          -e 's|@INCLUDEDIR@|$(PCINCPREFIX)$(PCINCDIR)|' \
-          -e 's|@LIBDIR@|$(PCLIBPREFIX)$(PCLIBDIR)|' \
-          -e 's|@VERSION@|$(VERSION)|' \
-          $< >$@
+	        -e 's|@INCLUDEDIR@|$(PCINCPREFIX)$(PCINCDIR)|' \
+	        -e 's|@LIBDIR@|$(PCLIBPREFIX)$(PCLIBDIR)|' \
+	        -e 's|@VERSION@|$(VERSION)|' \
+	        -e 's|@LIBS_PRIVATE@|$(LDFLAGS_DYNLIB)|' \
+	        $< >$@
 
 .PHONY: install
 install: install-pc install-static install-shared install-includes
diff --git a/lib/libzstd.pc.in b/lib/libzstd.pc.in
index 8465c977068..43ebaec3576 100644
--- a/lib/libzstd.pc.in
+++ b/lib/libzstd.pc.in
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ Description: fast lossless compression algorithm library
 URL: http://www.zstd.net/
 Version: @VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lzstd
+Libs.private: @LIBS_PRIVATE@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}