diff --git a/cmake/whisper.pc.in b/cmake/whisper.pc.in
index 00ec7912..ccc2efbb 100644
--- a/cmake/whisper.pc.in
+++ b/cmake/whisper.pc.in
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ includedir=${prefix}/include
 Name: whisper
 Description: Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++
 Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lggml  -lggml-base -lwhisper
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lwhisper
+Requires.private: ggml
 Cflags: -I${includedir}