diff --git a/cmake/modules/LibraryTarget.cmake b/cmake/modules/LibraryTarget.cmake
index 4ef57a4..56d6b11 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/LibraryTarget.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/LibraryTarget.cmake
@@ -375,8 +375,10 @@ macro (compute_dependencies_for_package_config DEPENDS OUTPUT_VAR_PKGS OUTPUT_VA
 endmacro ()
 compute_dependencies_for_package_config(META_PUBLIC_LIB_DEPENDS META_PUBLIC_PC_PKGS META_PUBLIC_LIB_DEPENDS_FOR_PC YES)
 compute_dependencies_for_package_config(META_PRIVATE_LIB_DEPENDS META_PRIVATE_PC_PKGS META_PRIVATE_LIB_DEPENDS_FOR_PC YES)
+
 if (NOT META_HEADER_ONLY_LIB)
-    set(META_PUBLIC_LIB_DEPENDS_FOR_PC " -l${META_TARGET_NAME}${META_PUBLIC_LIB_DEPENDS_FOR_PC}")
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "^lib" "" META_TARGET_NAME_FOR_PC "${META_TARGET_NAME}")
+    set(META_PUBLIC_LIB_DEPENDS_FOR_PC " -l${META_TARGET_NAME_FOR_PC}${META_PUBLIC_LIB_DEPENDS_FOR_PC}")
 endif ()
 if (META_PUBLIC_LIB_DEPENDS_FOR_PC)
     set(META_PUBLIC_LIB_DEPENDS_FOR_PC " -L\${libdir}${META_PUBLIC_LIB_DEPENDS_FOR_PC}")