diff --git a/legacy/eet/configure.ac b/legacy/eet/configure.ac
index a513148ce4..119cd7bbb1 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/eet/configure.ac
@@ -146,6 +146,18 @@ AC_SUBST(DEBUG_CFLAGS)
 ### Checks for programs
 AC_PROG_CC
 
+# pkg-config
+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)
+
+
 # doxygen program for documentation building
 
 EFL_CHECK_DOXYGEN([build_doc="yes"], [build_doc="no"])
diff --git a/legacy/eet/eet.pc.in b/legacy/eet/eet.pc.in
index 2acd9e1907..065acf817a 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/eet.pc.in
+++ b/legacy/eet/eet.pc.in
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 
 Name: eet
 Description: Library for speedy data storage, retrieval, and compression
-Requires: @requirement_eet@
+@pkgconfig_requires_private@: @requirement_eet@
 Version: @VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -leet
-Libs.private: @GNUTLS_LIBS@ @OPENSSL_LIBS@ @EINA_LIBS@ @EVIL_LIBS@ @EET_LIBS@ @fnmatch_libs@ -ljpeg -lz -lm
+Libs.private: @EET_LIBS@ @fnmatch_libs@ -ljpeg -lz -lm
 Cflags: -I${includedir}