diff --git a/gtk4.pc.in b/gtk4.pc.in
index e7213611705c8375b3811a3e909f5fdf4719c070..b6822bdd95f96a559705823b4fdacca8c3892685 100644
--- a/gtk4.pc.in
+++ b/gtk4.pc.in
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ Description: GTK Graphical UI Library
 Version: @VERSION@
 Requires: @GDK_PACKAGES@ @GSK_PACKAGES@ @GTK_PACKAGES@
 Requires.private: @GDK_PRIVATE_PACKAGES@ @GSK_PRIVATE_PACKAGES@ @GTK_PRIVATE_PACKAGES@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lgtk-4 @GDK_EXTRA_LIBS@ @GSK_EXTRA_LIBS@ @GTK_EXTRA_LIBS@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lgtk-4
+Libs.private: @GDK_EXTRA_LIBS@ @GSK_EXTRA_LIBS@ @GTK_EXTRA_LIBS@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/gtk-@GTK_API_VERSION@ @GDK_EXTRA_CFLAGS@ @GSK_EXTRA_CFLAGS@ @GTK_EXTRA_CFLAGS@