diff --git a/libexslt.pc.in b/libexslt.pc.in
index 1d60563..50089e8 100644
--- a/libexslt.pc.in
+++ b/libexslt.pc.in
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 Name: libexslt
 Version: @LIBEXSLT_VERSION@
 Description: EXSLT Extension library
-Requires: libxml-2.0, libxslt
+Requires: libxslt
+Requires.private: @EXSLT_PRIVATE_REQUIRES@
 Cflags: @EXSLT_INCLUDEDIR@
 Libs: @EXSLT_LIBDIR@ -lexslt
 Libs.private: @EXSLT_PRIVATE_LIBS@