diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f043962..b281cba 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ install(TARGETS ${LIBRARY} EXPORT pugixml-config
 install(FILES ${HEADERS} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}${INSTALL_SUFFIX})
 install(EXPORT pugixml-config DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/pugixml)
 
+if (USE_POSTFIX)
+  if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES RelWithDebInfo)
+    set(LIB_POSTFIX "_r")
+  elseif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES MinSizeRel)
+    set(LIB_POSTFIX "_m")
+  elseif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Debug)
+    set(LIB_POSTFIX "_d")
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 configure_file(scripts/pugixml.pc.in ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/pugixml.pc @ONLY)
 install(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/pugixml.pc DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig)
 
diff --git a/scripts/pugixml.pc.in b/scripts/pugixml.pc.in
index f9c3fd4..7958774 100644
--- a/scripts/pugixml.pc.in
+++ b/scripts/pugixml.pc.in
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ Description: Light-weight, simple and fast XML parser for C++ with XPath support
 URL: https://pugixml.org/
 Version: @pugixml_VERSION@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lpugixml
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lpugixml@LIB_POSTFIX@