diff --git a/cmake/exiv2.pc.in b/cmake/exiv2.pc.in
index cea7604229..e13b276b3b 100644
--- a/cmake/exiv2.pc.in
+++ b/cmake/exiv2.pc.in
@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@ Name: exiv2
 Description: @PROJECT_DESCRIPTION@
 Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
 URL: @PACKAGE_URL@
+Requires.private: @requires_private_for_pc_file@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lexiv2
+Libs.private: @libs_private_for_pc_file@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index f2afb4fbd5..4a6e39d1a8 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -189,10 +189,12 @@ target_include_directories(exiv2lib SYSTEM PRIVATE
 if (EXIV2_ENABLE_XMP OR EXIV2_ENABLE_EXTERNAL_XMP)
     target_include_directories(exiv2lib PRIVATE ${EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIR})
     target_link_libraries(exiv2lib PRIVATE EXPAT::EXPAT)
+    list(APPEND requires_private_list "expat")
 endif()
 
 if (EXIV2_ENABLE_XMP)
     target_link_libraries(exiv2lib PRIVATE exiv2-xmp)
+    list(APPEND libs_private_list "exiv2-xmp")
 elseif(EXIV2_ENABLE_EXTERNAL_XMP)
     target_link_libraries(exiv2lib PUBLIC ${XMPSDK_LIBRARY})
     target_include_directories(exiv2lib PUBLIC ${XMPSDK_INCLUDE_DIR})
@@ -211,12 +213,11 @@ target_include_directories(exiv2lib_int PUBLIC
 )
 
 if (EXIV2_ENABLE_WEBREADY)
-
     if( EXIV2_ENABLE_CURL )
         target_include_directories(exiv2lib SYSTEM PRIVATE ${CURL_INCLUDE_DIR} )
         target_link_libraries(exiv2lib PRIVATE ${CURL_LIBRARIES})
+        list(APPEND requires_private_list "libcurl")
     endif()
-
 endif()
 
 if (WIN32)
@@ -239,18 +240,23 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if( EXIV2_ENABLE_PNG )
-	target_link_libraries( exiv2lib PRIVATE ZLIB::ZLIB)
+    target_link_libraries( exiv2lib PRIVATE ZLIB::ZLIB)
+    list(APPEND requires_private_list "zlib")
 endif()
 
 if( EXIV2_ENABLE_BMFF AND BROTLI_FOUND )
     target_link_libraries( exiv2lib PRIVATE ${Brotli_LIBRARIES})
     target_include_directories(exiv2lib PRIVATE ${Brotli_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    list(APPEND requires_private_list "libbrotlidec")
 endif()
 
 if( EXIV2_ENABLE_NLS )
     target_link_libraries(exiv2lib PRIVATE ${Intl_LIBRARIES})
     target_include_directories(exiv2lib PRIVATE ${Intl_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     target_include_directories(exiv2lib_int PRIVATE ${Intl_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    if( Intl_LIBRARIES )
+        list(APPEND libs_private_list "intl")
+    endif()
     # Definition needed for translations
     join_paths(EXV_LOCALEDIR ".." "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LOCALEDIR}")
     target_compile_definitions(exiv2lib PUBLIC EXV_LOCALEDIR="${EXV_LOCALEDIR}")
@@ -258,6 +264,7 @@ endif()
 
 if( ICONV_FOUND )
     target_link_libraries( exiv2lib PRIVATE Iconv::Iconv )
+    list(APPEND requires_private_list "iconv")
 endif()
 
 if( EXIV2_ENABLE_INIH )
@@ -265,8 +272,21 @@ if( EXIV2_ENABLE_INIH )
   target_link_libraries( exiv2lib_int PRIVATE inih::inireader )
   target_link_libraries( exiv2lib PRIVATE inih::libinih )
   target_link_libraries( exiv2lib PRIVATE inih::inireader )
+  list(APPEND requires_private_list "INIReader")
 endif()
 
+# Convert private lists to delimited strings
+list(SORT libs_private_list)
+string(REPLACE ";" " -l" libs_private_string "${libs_private_list}")
+if(libs_private_string)
+    string(PREPEND libs_private_string "-l")
+endif()
+list(SORT requires_private_list)
+string(REPLACE ";" ", " requires_private_string "${requires_private_list}")
+
+set(libs_private_for_pc_file "${libs_private_string}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+set(requires_private_for_pc_file "${requires_private_string}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+
 write_basic_package_version_file(exiv2ConfigVersion.cmake COMPATIBILITY ExactVersion)
 
 install(TARGETS exiv2lib EXPORT exiv2Config