diff --git a/scripts/sfizz.pc.in b/scripts/sfizz.pc.in
index f5becc4b..145f9db8 100644
--- a/scripts/sfizz.pc.in
+++ b/scripts/sfizz.pc.in
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ Name: @PROJECT_NAME@
 Description: @PROJECT_DESCRIPTION@
 Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
 
-Requires.private: sndfile
+Requires.private:@SFIZZ_PC_REQUIRES@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -l@PROJECT_NAME@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 5bc2bf6b..6c36e909 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -333,6 +333,10 @@ if(SFIZZ_SHARED)
             LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT "runtime"
             ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT "development"
             PUBLIC_HEADER DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR} COMPONENT "development")
+        set(SFIZZ_PC_REQUIRES "")
+        if(SFIZZ_USE_SNDFILE)
+            set(SFIZZ_PC_REQUIRES "${SFIZZ_PC_REQUIRES} sndfile")
+        endif()
         configure_file(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/sfizz.pc.in sfizz.pc @ONLY)
         install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/sfizz.pc
             DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig