diff --git a/source/CMakeLists.txt b/source/CMakeLists.txt
index a407271..a575642 100755
--- a/source/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -572,6 +572,9 @@ else()
 endif()
 if(NOT MSVC)
     set_target_properties(x265-static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME x265)
+    set(X265_LIB x265)
+else()
+    set(X265_LIB x265-static)
 endif()
 if(EXTRA_LIB)
     target_link_libraries(x265-static ${EXTRA_LIB})
@@ -655,8 +658,10 @@ if(ENABLE_SHARED)
     endif(SVTHEVC_FOUND)
     if(MSVC)
         set_target_properties(x265-shared PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME libx265)
+        set(X265_LIB libx265)
     else()
         set_target_properties(x265-shared PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME x265)
+        set(X265_LIB x265)
     endif()
     if(UNIX)
         set_target_properties(x265-shared PROPERTIES VERSION ${X265_BUILD})
@@ -693,7 +698,11 @@ endif()
 
 if(X265_LATEST_TAG)
     # convert lists of link libraries into -lstdc++ -lm etc..
+    cmake_policy(SET CMP0057 NEW)
     foreach(LIB ${CMAKE_CXX_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES} ${PLATFORM_LIBS})
+        if(LIB IN_LIST CMAKE_C_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES)
+            continue()
+        endif()
         if(IS_ABSOLUTE ${LIB} AND EXISTS ${LIB})
             list(APPEND PLIBLIST "${LIB}")
         else()
@@ -702,7 +711,7 @@ if(X265_LATEST_TAG)
     endforeach()
     if(PLIBLIST)
         # blacklist of libraries that should not be in Libs.private
-        list(REMOVE_ITEM PLIBLIST "-lc" "-lpthread" "-lmingwex" "-lmingwthrd"
+        list(REMOVE_ITEM PLIBLIST "-lc"             "-lmingwex" "-lmingwthrd"
             "-lmingw32" "-lmoldname" "-lmsvcrt" "-ladvapi32" "-lshell32"
             "-luser32" "-lkernel32")
         string(REPLACE ";" " " PRIVATE_LIBS "${PLIBLIST}")
diff --git a/source/x265.pc.in b/source/x265.pc.in
index 0bf99e9..fe76d20 100644
--- a/source/x265.pc.in
+++ b/source/x265.pc.in
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ includedir=${prefix}/include
 Name: @CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME@
 Description: H.265/HEVC video encoder
 Version: @X265_LATEST_TAG@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lx265
+Libs: -L${libdir} -l@X265_LIB@
 Libs.private: @PRIVATE_LIBS@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}