diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/lua/lua/lua.pc.in b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/lua/lua/lua.pc.in
index fe22016037..c27e86e85d 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/lua/lua/lua.pc.in
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/lua/lua/lua.pc.in
@@ -6,6 +6,5 @@ Name: Lua
 Description: Lua language engine
 Version: @VERSION@
 Requires:
-Libs: -L${libdir} -llua
-Libs.private: -lm
+Libs: -L${libdir} -llua -lm -ldl
 Cflags: -I${includedir}