diff --git a/libmce-glib.pc.in b/libmce-glib.pc.in
index 4889656..f44a058 100644
--- a/libmce-glib.pc.in
+++ b/libmce-glib.pc.in
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ includedir=/usr/include
 Name: libmce-glib
 Description: MCE client library
 Version: [version]
-Requires: libglibutil glib-2.0 gio-2.0
+Requires.private: libglibutil glib-2.0 gio-2.0
 Libs: -lmce-glib
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/libmce-glib