diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b6228a..20fec85 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ if(WIN32)
   endif(WITH_TIGHTVNC_FILETRANSFER)
 endif(WIN32)
 
-target_link_libraries(vncclient
+target_link_libraries(vncclient PUBLIC
                       ${ADDITIONAL_LIBS}
                       ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}
                       ${LZO_LIBRARIES}
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ target_link_libraries(vncclient
                       ${GNUTLS_LIBRARIES}
                       ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}
 )
-target_link_libraries(vncserver
+target_link_libraries(vncserver PUBLIC
                       ${ADDITIONAL_LIBS}
                       ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}
                       ${LZO_LIBRARIES}
diff --git a/libvncclient.pc.cmakein b/libvncclient.pc.cmakein
index ceeda39..f131dca 100644
--- a/libvncclient.pc.cmakein
+++ b/libvncclient.pc.cmakein
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ Description: A library for easy implementation of a VNC client.
 Version: @LibVNCServer_VERSION@
 Requires:
 Requires.private:
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lvncclient
-Libs.private: @PRIVATE_LIBS@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lvncclient @PRIVATE_LIBS@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
 
diff --git a/libvncserver.pc.cmakein b/libvncserver.pc.cmakein
index 33ec668..5ae98c9 100644
--- a/libvncserver.pc.cmakein
+++ b/libvncserver.pc.cmakein
@@ -8,6 +8,5 @@ Description: A library for easy implementation of a VNC server.
 Version: @LibVNCServer_VERSION@
 Requires:
 Requires.private:
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lvncserver
-Libs.private: @PRIVATE_LIBS@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lvncserver @PRIVATE_LIBS@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}