diff --git a/legacy/evas/configure.in b/legacy/evas/configure.in
index 8839b4f713..334815995c 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/configure.in
+++ b/legacy/evas/configure.in
@@ -584,6 +584,19 @@ AC_SUBST(eet_libs)
 AC_SUBST(edb_cflags)
 AC_SUBST(edb_libs)
 
+dnl Build the list of required libs for evas.pc.in. Only works for libs
+dnl which install a .pc file of course
+if test "x$eet_libs" != "x"; then
+	requirements=eet
+fi
+if test "x$edb_libs" != "x"; then
+	requirements="$requirements edb"
+fi
+if test "x$png_libs" != "x"; then
+	requirements="$requirements libpng12"
+fi
+AC_SUBST(requirements)
+
 AC_SUBST(ENGINE_SOFTWARE_X11_PRG)
 AC_SUBST(ENGINE_DIRECTFB_PRG)
 AC_SUBST(ENGINE_FB_PRG)
diff --git a/legacy/evas/evas.pc.in b/legacy/evas/evas.pc.in
index 8cd5a053c6..d3e466b2c6 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/evas.pc.in
+++ b/legacy/evas/evas.pc.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 
 Name: evas
 Description: Evas canvas display library
-Requires:
+Requires: @requirements@
 Version: @VERSION@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -levas @LDFLAGS@ @x_libs@ @freetype_libs@ @png_libs@ @jpeg_libs@ @eet_libs@ @edb_libs@
-Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Libs: -L${libdir} -levas @x_libs@ @freetype_libs@ @jpeg_libs@ 
+Cflags: -I${includedir} @freetype_cflags@ @x_cflags@