diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e787bbb..de4159d8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@ foreach(LIB ${LIBS_PRIVATE})
   endif()
   set(LIBS "${LIBS} -l${LIB}")
 endforeach()
+list(FILTER LIBS EXCLUDE REGEX "::")
+if(0)
 STRING(CONCAT zlib_link_name "-l" ${ZLIB_LINK_LIBRARY_NAME})
 string(REGEX REPLACE "-lBZip2::BZip2" "-lbz2" LIBS ${LIBS})
 string(REGEX REPLACE "-lLibLZMA::LibLZMA" "-llzma" LIBS ${LIBS})
@@ -365,6 +367,8 @@ string(REGEX REPLACE "-lOpenSSL::Crypto" "-lssl -lcrypto" LIBS ${LIBS})
 string(REGEX REPLACE "-lZLIB::ZLIB" ${zlib_link_name} LIBS ${LIBS})
 string(REGEX REPLACE "-lGnuTLS::GnuTLS" "-lgnutls" LIBS ${LIBS})
 string(REGEX REPLACE "-lNettle::Nettle" "-lnettle" LIBS ${LIBS})
+endif()
+list(JOIN REQUIRES " " REQUIRES)
 configure_file(libzip.pc.in libzip.pc @ONLY)
 if(LIBZIP_DO_INSTALL)
   install(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/libzip.pc DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig)
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 556b82af..b1fc3b36 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -142,16 +142,19 @@ endif(WIN32)
 if(HAVE_LIBBZ2)
   target_sources(zip PRIVATE zip_algorithm_bzip2.c)
   target_link_libraries(zip PRIVATE BZip2::BZip2)
+  list(APPEND REQUIRES bzip2)
 endif()
 
 if(HAVE_LIBLZMA)
   target_sources(zip PRIVATE zip_algorithm_xz.c)
   target_link_libraries(zip PRIVATE LibLZMA::LibLZMA)
+  list(APPEND REQUIRES liblzma)
 endif()
 
 if(HAVE_LIBZSTD)
   target_sources(zip PRIVATE zip_algorithm_zstd.c)
   target_link_libraries(zip PRIVATE ${zstd_TARGET})
+  list(APPEND REQUIRES libzstd)
 endif()
 
 if(HAVE_COMMONCRYPTO)
@@ -165,9 +168,11 @@ elseif(HAVE_GNUTLS)
 elseif(HAVE_OPENSSL)
   target_sources(zip PRIVATE zip_crypto_openssl.c)
   target_link_libraries(zip PRIVATE OpenSSL::Crypto)
+  list(APPEND REQUIRES openssl)
 elseif(HAVE_MBEDTLS)
   target_sources(zip PRIVATE zip_crypto_mbedtls.c)
   target_link_libraries(zip PRIVATE MbedTLS::MbedTLS)
+  list(APPEND REQUIRES mbedtls)
 endif()
 
 if(HAVE_CRYPTO)
@@ -180,6 +185,8 @@ if(SHARED_LIB_VERSIONNING)
 endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(zip PRIVATE ZLIB::ZLIB)
+list(APPEND REQUIRES zlib)
+set(REQUIRES "${REQUIRES}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 target_include_directories(zip
   PUBLIC
   $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib>
diff --git a/libzip.pc.in b/libzip.pc.in
index d51b0ab6..07b3b505 100644
--- a/libzip.pc.in
+++ b/libzip.pc.in
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ zipcmp=${bindir}/zipcmp
 Name: libzip
 Description: library for handling zip archives
 Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
+Requires.private: @REQUIRES@
 Libs: @PKG_CONFIG_RPATH@ -L${libdir} -lzip
 Libs.private: @LIBS@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}