diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 152273d..b90ede6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -113,6 +113,31 @@ if(${ZLIB_FOUND})
 else()
     set(PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE_ZLIB "")
 endif()
+
+if(HDR_HISTOGRAM_BUILD_STATIC)
+    set(PROJECT_LIB_FILE_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}_static")
+else()
+    set(PROJECT_LIB_FILE_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}")
+endif()
+
+set(PKGCONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE)
+if(WIN32)
+    string(APPEND PKGCONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE " -lws2_32")
+else()
+    find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+    string(APPEND PKGCONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE " -pthread")
+
+    check_library_exists(rt clock_gettime "" HAVE_LIBRT)
+    if(HAVE_LIBRT)
+        string(APPEND PKGCONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE " -lrt")
+    endif()
+
+    check_library_exists(m pow "" HAVE_LIBM)
+    if(HAVE_LIBM)
+        string(APPEND PKGCONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE " -lm")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 configure_file(
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}.pc.in
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}.pc
diff --git a/hdr_histogram.pc.in b/hdr_histogram.pc.in
index 1151ab3..1249178 100644
--- a/hdr_histogram.pc.in
+++ b/hdr_histogram.pc.in
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ URL: @CMAKE_PROJECT_HOMEPAGE_URL@
 Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
 Requires.private: @PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE_ZLIB@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
-Libs: -L${libdir} -l@PROJECT_NAME@
-Libs.private: -pthread -lm -lrt -L${libdir}
+Libs: -L${libdir} -l@PROJECT_LIB_FILE_NAME@
+Libs.private: @PKGCONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE@ -L${libdir}