diff --git a/pkgs/libc/libc.pc b/pkgs/libc/libc.pc
index 439bade..d6dd745 100644
--- a/pkgs/libc/libc.pc
+++ b/pkgs/libc/libc.pc
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ URL: https://genode.org/
 Version: @version@
 Requires: vfs
 Cflags: -D__FreeBSD__=8 -D__ISO_C_VISIBLE=1999 -fno-builtin-sin -fno-builtin-cos -fno-builtin-sinf -fno-builtin-cosf
-Libs: ${libdir}/libc.lib.so
+Libs: -L${libdir} -l:libc.lib.so
diff --git a/pkgs/libc/libm.pc b/pkgs/libc/libm.pc
index 2140811..78e41ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/libc/libm.pc
+++ b/pkgs/libc/libm.pc
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ Description: Genode math library
 URL: https://genode.org/
 Version: @version@
 Requires: libc
-Libs: ${libdir}/libm.lib.so
+Libs: -L${libdir} -l:libm.lib.so