diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cb1b9a0f2..53d0bfc68 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ endif ()
 if (BZIP2_FOUND)
   target_link_libraries(freetype PRIVATE ${BZIP2_LIBRARIES})
   target_include_directories(freetype PRIVATE ${BZIP2_INCLUDE_DIR}) # not BZIP2_INCLUDE_DIRS
-  list(APPEND PKG_CONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE "-lbz2")
+  list(APPEND PKG_CONFIG_REQUIRED_PRIVATE "bzip2")
 endif ()
 if (PNG_FOUND)
   target_link_libraries(freetype PRIVATE ${PNG_LIBRARIES})