diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2eeefdb..0d43809 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ endif()
 
 install(FILES tinyxml2.h DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR} COMPONENT tinyxml2_headers)
 
+if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Debug)
+  set(LIB_POSTFIX ${CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX})
+endif()
 configure_file(tinyxml2.pc.in tinyxml2.pc @ONLY)
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tinyxml2.pc DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig COMPONENT tinyxml2_config)
 
diff --git a/tinyxml2.pc.in b/tinyxml2.pc.in
index b040b0e..b100f60 100644
--- a/tinyxml2.pc.in
+++ b/tinyxml2.pc.in
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
 Name: TinyXML2
 Description: simple, small, C++ XML parser
 Version: @GENERIC_LIB_VERSION@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -ltinyxml2
+Libs: -L${libdir} -ltinyxml2@LIB_POSTFIX@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}