diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 001146d..365abff 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -389,6 +389,19 @@ if test "$enable_libxml2" = "yes" -o "$expat" = "no"; then
 fi
 
 #
+# Setup variables for fontconfig.pc
+#
+if test "$enable_shared" = "no" -a "$enable_static" = "yes"; then
+    FONTCONFIG_LIBS_EXTRA="$LIBXML2_LIBS $EXPAT_LIBS $FREETYPE_LIBS $ICONV_LIBS"
+    FONTCONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE=
+else
+    FONTCONFIG_LIBS_EXTRA=
+    FONTCONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE="$LIBXML2_LIBS $EXPAT_LIBS $FREETYPE_LIBS $ICONV_LIBS"
+fi
+AC_SUBST(FONTCONFIG_LIBS_EXTRA)
+AC_SUBST(FONTCONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE)
+
+#
 # Set default font directory
 #
 
diff --git a/fontconfig.pc.in b/fontconfig.pc.in
index db55f6e..7578954 100644
--- a/fontconfig.pc.in
+++ b/fontconfig.pc.in
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 Name: Fontconfig
 Description: Font configuration and customization library
 Version: @VERSION@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lfontconfig
-Libs.private: @LIBXML2_LIBS@ @EXPAT_LIBS@ @FREETYPE_LIBS@ @ICONV_LIBS@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lfontconfig @FONTCONFIG_LIBS_EXTRA@
+Libs.private: @FONTCONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}