diff --git a/curl-config.in b/curl-config.in
index c5d046e10..96a1a0267 100644
--- a/curl-config.in
+++ b/curl-config.in
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
 	   CURLLIBDIR=""
 	fi
 	if test "X@REQUIRE_LIB_DEPS@" = "Xyes"; then
-	  echo ${CURLLIBDIR}-lcurl @LDFLAGS@ @LIBS@
+	  echo ${CURLLIBDIR}-lcurl @LDFLAGS@ @LIBCURL_LIBS@ @LIBS@
 	else
-	  echo ${CURLLIBDIR}-lcurl @LDFLAGS@
+	  echo ${CURLLIBDIR}-lcurl @LDFLAGS@ @LIBS@
 	fi
 	;;
 
diff --git a/libcurl.pc.in b/libcurl.pc.in
index 456850c2b..7e5ffabd2 100644
--- a/libcurl.pc.in
+++ b/libcurl.pc.in
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ Name: libcurl
 URL: http://curl.haxx.se/
 Description: Library to transfer files with ftp, http, etc.
 Version: @VERSION@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lcurl @LDFLAGS@
-Libs.private: @LIBS@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lcurl @LDFLAGS@ @LIBS@
+Libs.private: @LIBCURL_LIBS@ @LIBS@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}