diff --git a/libosmocore.pc.in b/libosmocore.pc.in
index 3bb9b9a..6296417 100644
--- a/libosmocore.pc.in
+++ b/libosmocore.pc.in
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 Name: Osmocom Core Library
 Description: C Utility Library
 Version: @VERSION@
-Requires: talloc, libsctp
+Requires: talloc
+Requires.private: libsctp
 Libs: -L${libdir} -losmocore
 Libs.private: @PTHREAD_LIBS@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/ @PTHREAD_CFLAGS@