diff --git a/sdl2-config.in b/sdl2-config.in
index 254a345e6..912de788f 100644
--- a/sdl2-config.in
+++ b/sdl2-config.in
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
       echo -I@includedir@/SDL2 @SDL_CFLAGS@
       ;;
 @ENABLE_SHARED_TRUE@    --libs)
-@ENABLE_SHARED_TRUE@      echo -L@libdir@ @SDL_RLD_FLAGS@ @SDL_LIBS@
+@ENABLE_SHARED_TRUE@      echo -L@libdir@ @SDL_RLD_FLAGS@ -lSDL2
 @ENABLE_SHARED_TRUE@      ;;
 @ENABLE_STATIC_TRUE@@ENABLE_SHARED_TRUE@    --static-libs)
 @ENABLE_STATIC_TRUE@@ENABLE_SHARED_FALSE@    --libs|--static-libs)
diff --git a/sdl2.pc.in b/sdl2.pc.in
index b11667dc6..e37c73ebd 100644
--- a/sdl2.pc.in
+++ b/sdl2.pc.in
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ Description: Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library des
 Version: @SDL_VERSION@
 Requires:
 Conflicts:
-Libs: -L${libdir} @SDL_RLD_FLAGS@ @SDL_LIBS@
+Libs: -L${libdir} @SDL_RLD_FLAGS@ -lSDL2
 Libs.private: @SDL_STATIC_LIBS@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/SDL2 @SDL_CFLAGS@