diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 58f1944fd6..d8ce48771e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -802,12 +802,16 @@ dnl libunwind is optionally used by the leaks tracer
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(UNWIND, libunwind, HAVE_UNWIND=yes, HAVE_UNWIND=no)
 if test "x$HAVE_UNWIND" = "xyes"; then
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_UNWIND, 1, [libunwind available])
+  UNWIND_REQUIRE=libunwind
+  AC_SUBST(UNWIND_REQUIRE)
 fi
 
 dnl libdw is optionally used to add source lines and numbers to backtraces
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DW, libdw, HAVE_DW=yes, HAVE_DW=no)
 if test "x$HAVE_DW" = "xyes"; then
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_DW, 1, [libdw available])
+  DW_REQUIRE=libdw
+  AC_SUBST(DW_REQUIRE)
 fi
 
 dnl Check for backtrace() from libc
diff --git a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-uninstalled.pc.in b/pkgconfig/gstreamer-uninstalled.pc.in
index b8dcdf8e61..d071612d56 100644
--- a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-uninstalled.pc.in
+++ b/pkgconfig/gstreamer-uninstalled.pc.in
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ Name: GStreamer Uninstalled
 Description: Streaming media framework, Not Installed
 Version: @VERSION@
 Requires: glib-2.0, gobject-2.0
-Requires.private: gmodule-no-export-2.0
+Requires.private: gmodule-no-export-2.0 @UNWIND_REQUIRE@ @DW_REQUIRE@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lgstreamer-@GST_API_VERSION@
 Cflags: -I@abs_top_srcdir@ -I@abs_top_srcdir@/libs -I@abs_top_builddir@ -I@abs_top_builddir@/libs
diff --git a/pkgconfig/gstreamer.pc.in b/pkgconfig/gstreamer.pc.in
index b949d6ce88..6ec3cb7624 100644
--- a/pkgconfig/gstreamer.pc.in
+++ b/pkgconfig/gstreamer.pc.in
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ Name: GStreamer
 Description: Streaming media framework
 Version: @VERSION@
 Requires: glib-2.0, gobject-2.0
-Requires.private: gmodule-no-export-2.0
+Requires.private: gmodule-no-export-2.0 @UNWIND_REQUIRE@ @DW_REQUIRE@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lgstreamer-@GST_API_VERSION@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}