diff --git a/avbuild/pkgconfig_generate.sh b/avbuild/pkgconfig_generate.sh
index 33e188f5ea..c7bc65254d 100755
--- a/avbuild/pkgconfig_generate.sh
+++ b/avbuild/pkgconfig_generate.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,15 @@ shortname=$1
 name=lib${shortname}
 comment=$2
 libs=$(eval echo \$extralibs_${shortname})
-requires=$(eval echo \$requires_${shortname})
+deps=$(eval echo \$${shortname}_deps)
+
+for dep in $deps; do
+    depname=lib${dep}
+    . ${depname}/${depname}.version
+    depversion=$(eval echo \$${depname}_VERSION)
+    requires="$requires ${depname} >= ${depversion}, "
+done
+
 requires=${requires%, }
 
 version=$(grep ${name}_VERSION= $name/${name}.version | cut -d= -f2)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8e402383d8..09674aad4d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5396,11 +5396,7 @@ print_enabled_components libavformat/protocol_list.c URLProtocol url_protocols $
 
 test -n "$WARNINGS" && printf "\n$WARNINGS"
 
-# build pkg-config files
-
-lib_version(){
-    eval printf "\"lib${1} >= \$LIB$(toupper ${1})_VERSION, \""
-}
+# Settings for pkg-config files
 
 cat > avbuild/config.sh <<EOF
 # Automatically generated by configure - do not modify!
@@ -5411,15 +5407,6 @@ includedir=$incdir
 source_path=${source_path}
 LIBPREF=${LIBPREF}
 LIBSUF=${LIBSUF}
-
-requires_avutil="$(map 'lib_version $v' $(echo $avutil_deps))"
-requires_avcodec="$(map 'lib_version $v' $(echo $avcodec_deps))"
-requires_avformat="$(map 'lib_version $v' $(echo $avformat_deps))"
-requires_avdevice="$(map 'lib_version $v' $(echo $avdevice_deps))"
-requires_avfilter="$(map 'lib_version $v' $(echo $avfilter_deps))"
-requires_avresample="$(map 'lib_version $v' $(echo $avresample_deps))"
-requires_swscale="$(map 'lib_version $v' $(echo $swscale_deps))"
-
 extralibs_avutil="$LIBRT $LIBM"
 extralibs_avcodec="$extralibs"
 extralibs_avformat="$extralibs"
@@ -5428,3 +5415,8 @@ extralibs_avfilter="$extralibs"
 extralibs_avresample="$LIBM"
 extralibs_swscale="$LIBM"
 EOF
+
+for lib in $LIBRARY_LIST; do
+    lib_deps="$(eval echo \$${lib}_deps)"
+    echo ${lib}_deps=\"$lib_deps\" >> avbuild/config.sh
+done