diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 02fa284..609bbc0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -920,6 +920,16 @@ else ()
   set ( implibname "fluidsynth" )
 endif ()
 
+set(FAKE_CXX_LINKAGE "")
+foreach(lib IN LISTS CMAKE_CXX_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES)
+    if(lib IN_LIST CMAKE_C_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES)
+        continue()
+    elseif(EXISTS "${lib}")
+        string(APPEND FAKE_CXX_LINKAGE " ${lib}")
+    else()
+        string(APPEND FAKE_CXX_LINKAGE " -l${lib}")
+    endif()
+endforeach()
 generate_pkgconfig_spec(fluidsynth.pc.in ${FluidSynth_BINARY_DIR}/fluidsynth.pc libfluidsynth-OBJ)
 install ( FILES ${FluidSynth_BINARY_DIR}/fluidsynth.pc
     DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig
diff --git a/fluidsynth.pc.in b/fluidsynth.pc.in
index b7a9afa..b74728e 100644
--- a/fluidsynth.pc.in
+++ b/fluidsynth.pc.in
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ Description: Software SoundFont synth
 Version: @VERSION@
 Requires.private: @PC_REQUIRES_PRIV_JOINED@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -l@implibname@
-Libs.private: @LIBS_PRIVATE_JOINED@ @LIBS_PRIVATE_WITH_PATH_JOINED@
+Libs.private: @LIBS_PRIVATE_JOINED@ @LIBS_PRIVATE_WITH_PATH_JOINED@ @FAKE_CXX_LINKAGE@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}