diff --git a/libcdio_cdda.pc.in b/libcdio_cdda.pc.in
index 84360fa4..8537845f 100644
--- a/libcdio_cdda.pc.in
+++ b/libcdio_cdda.pc.in
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ Name: libcdio_cdda
 Description: CD paranoia CD-DA library from libcdio
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 #Requires: glib-2.0 
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lcdio_cdda
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lcdio_cdda -lcdio
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/libcdio_paranoia.pc.in b/libcdio_paranoia.pc.in
index 9dcfc3cb..d273ed5c 100644
--- a/libcdio_paranoia.pc.in
+++ b/libcdio_paranoia.pc.in
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ Name: libcdio_paranoia
 Description: CD paranoia library from libcdio
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 #Requires: glib-2.0 
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lcdio_paranoia -lcdio_cdda
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lcdio_paranoia -lcdio_cdda -lcdio
 Cflags: -I${includedir}