diff --git a/legacy/efreet/configure.ac b/legacy/efreet/configure.ac
index 1e128f7cb4..5908cdc337 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/efreet/configure.ac
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ AC_SUBST(efreet_trash_release_info)
 
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 
+# Check whether pkg-config supports Requires.private
+if $PKG_CONFIG --atleast-pkgconfig-version 0.22; then
+   pkgconfig_requires_private="Requires.private"
+else
+   pkgconfig_requires_private="Requires"
+fi
+AC_SUBST(pkgconfig_requires_private)
+
 EFL_EFREET_BUILD=""
 EFL_EFREET_MIME_BUILD=""
 EFL_EFREET_TRASH_BUILD=""
diff --git a/legacy/efreet/efreet-mime.pc.in b/legacy/efreet/efreet-mime.pc.in
index f03b9522b9..e343b0f08d 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/efreet-mime.pc.in
+++ b/legacy/efreet/efreet-mime.pc.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 
 Name: efreet-mime
 Description: Freedesktop Shared Mime Info standard implementation for the EFL
-Requires: @requirements@
+@pkgconfig_requires_private@: @requirements@
 Version: @VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lefreet_mime
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/efreet
diff --git a/legacy/efreet/efreet-trash.pc.in b/legacy/efreet/efreet-trash.pc.in
index 343e90e1ee..598049c869 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/efreet-trash.pc.in
+++ b/legacy/efreet/efreet-trash.pc.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 
 Name: efreet-trash
 Description: Freedesktop Shared Trash implementation for the EFL
-Requires: @requirements@
+@pkgconfig_requires_private@: @requirements@
 Version: @VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lefreet_trash
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/efreet
diff --git a/legacy/efreet/efreet.pc.in b/legacy/efreet/efreet.pc.in
index 60a8ce9511..7be2b3c2cd 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/efreet.pc.in
+++ b/legacy/efreet/efreet.pc.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 
 Name: efreet
 Description: Freedesktop standards implementation for the EFL
-Requires: @requirements@
+@pkgconfig_requires_private@: @requirements@
 Version: @VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lefreet
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/efreet