diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e9b90860c..616b9dcbc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1391,13 +1391,6 @@ set(CONFIGURE_OPTIONS       "")
 # TODO when to set "-DCURL_STATICLIB" for CPPFLAG_CURL_STATICLIB?
 set(CPPFLAG_CURL_STATICLIB  "")
 set(CURLVERSION             "${CURL_VERSION}")
-if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-  set(ENABLE_SHARED         "yes")
-  set(ENABLE_STATIC         "no")
-else()
-  set(ENABLE_SHARED         "no")
-  set(ENABLE_STATIC         "yes")
-endif()
 set(exec_prefix             "\${prefix}")
 set(includedir              "\${prefix}/include")
 set(LDFLAGS                 "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS}")
@@ -1410,6 +1403,15 @@ foreach(_lib ${CMAKE_C_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES} ${CURL_LIBS})
     set(LIBCURL_LIBS          "${LIBCURL_LIBS} -l${_lib}")
   endif()
 endforeach()
+if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+  set(ENABLE_SHARED         "yes")
+  set(ENABLE_STATIC         "no")
+  set(LIBCURL_NO_SHARED     "")
+else()
+  set(ENABLE_SHARED         "no")
+  set(ENABLE_STATIC         "yes")
+  set(LIBCURL_NO_SHARED     "${LIBCURL_LIBS}")
+endif()
 # "a" (Linux) or "lib" (Windows)
 string(REPLACE "." "" libext "${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
 set(prefix                  "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index aa79cfa42..6de818a3e 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4727,6 +4727,13 @@ dnl to let curl-config output the static libraries correctly
 ENABLE_STATIC="$enable_static"
 AC_SUBST(ENABLE_STATIC)
 
+dnl merge the pkg-config Libs.private field into Libs when static-only
+if test "x$enable_shared" = "xno"; then
+  LIBCURL_NO_SHARED=$LIBCURL_LIBS
+else
+  LIBCURL_NO_SHARED=
+fi
+AC_SUBST(LIBCURL_NO_SHARED)
 
 dnl
 dnl For keeping supported features and protocols also in pkg-config file
diff --git a/curl-config.in b/curl-config.in
index 0a7e0353f..86cf8b21c 100644
--- a/curl-config.in
+++ b/curl-config.in
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
         else
            CURLLIBDIR=""
         fi
-        if test "X@REQUIRE_LIB_DEPS@" = "Xyes"; then
+        if test "X@ENABLE_SHARED@" = "Xno" -o "X@REQUIRE_LIB_DEPS@" = "Xyes"; then
           echo ${CURLLIBDIR}-lcurl @LIBCURL_LIBS@
         else
           echo ${CURLLIBDIR}-lcurl
diff --git a/libcurl.pc.in b/libcurl.pc.in
index abc12bb8c..fd1ce2204 100644
--- a/libcurl.pc.in
+++ b/libcurl.pc.in
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ Name: libcurl
 URL: https://curl.haxx.se/
 Description: Library to transfer files with ftp, http, etc.
 Version: @CURLVERSION@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lcurl
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lcurl @LIBCURL_NO_SHARED@
 Libs.private: @LIBCURL_LIBS@
 Cflags: -I${includedir} @CPPFLAG_CURL_STATICLIB@