diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 522855167..1a537767c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2749,7 +2749,7 @@ case "$ARCH" in
     SDL_STATIC_LIBS="\${libdir}/libSDLmain.a \${libdir}/libSDL.a $EXTRA_LDFLAGS"
     ;;
   *)
-    SDL_STATIC_LIBS="$SDL_LIBS"
+    SDL_STATIC_LIBS="$SDL_LIBS $EXTRA_LDFLAGS"
     ;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/sdl.pc.in b/sdl.pc.in
index 51fd993bf..2d43ac925 100644
--- a/sdl.pc.in
+++ b/sdl.pc.in
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ Version: @SDL_VERSION@
 Requires:
 Conflicts:
 Libs: -L${libdir} @SDL_RLD_FLAGS@ @SDL_LIBS@
+Libs.private: @SDL_STATIC_LIBS@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/SDL @SDL_CFLAGS@