diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 635ce80ea..7dcd3520d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ endif()
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/)
 
 include(ProjectCStandard)
+include(PkgConfigHelpers)
 
 # Check for cmake compatibility (enable/disable features)
 include(CheckCmakeCompat)
@@ -544,6 +545,9 @@ if(WITH_THIRD_PARTY)
   endif()
 endif()
 
+# used in libfreerdp subfolder as well
+setfreerdpcmakeinstalldir(FREERDP_CMAKE_INSTALL_DIR "FreeRDP${FREERDP_VERSION_MAJOR}")
+
 add_subdirectory(libfreerdp)
 
 if(WITH_CHANNELS)
@@ -558,6 +562,9 @@ if(WITH_SERVER)
   add_subdirectory(server)
 endif()
 
+# must be after all targets have been added in libfreerdp and channel
+install(EXPORT FreeRDPTargets DESTINATION ${FREERDP_CMAKE_INSTALL_DIR})
+
 # Packaging
 
 set(CMAKE_CPACK_INCLUDE_FILE "CMakeCPack.cmake")
diff --git a/channels/audin/client/alsa/CMakeLists.txt b/channels/audin/client/alsa/CMakeLists.txt
index 432ff1b4f..09af7b150 100644
--- a/channels/audin/client/alsa/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/channels/audin/client/alsa/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ set(${MODULE_PREFIX}_SRCS audin_alsa.c)
 
 set(${MODULE_PREFIX}_LIBS winpr freerdp ${ALSA_LIBRARIES})
 
+freerdp_client_pc_add_requires_private("alsa")
+
 include_directories(..)
 include_directories(SYSTEM ${ALSA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
diff --git a/channels/audin/client/pulse/CMakeLists.txt b/channels/audin/client/pulse/CMakeLists.txt
index 1cec9fab9..9635c18d9 100644
--- a/channels/audin/client/pulse/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/channels/audin/client/pulse/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 define_channel_client_subsystem("audin" "pulse" "")
 
 find_package(PulseAudio REQUIRED)
+freerdp_client_pc_add_requires_private("libpulse")
 
 set(${MODULE_PREFIX}_SRCS audin_pulse.c)
 
diff --git a/channels/printer/client/cups/CMakeLists.txt b/channels/printer/client/cups/CMakeLists.txt
index cde1ce4a6..5b244fbb0 100644
--- a/channels/printer/client/cups/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/channels/printer/client/cups/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 define_channel_client_subsystem("printer" "cups" "")
 
 find_package(Cups 2.0 REQUIRED)
+freerdp_client_pc_add_requires_private("cups")
 set(${MODULE_PREFIX}_SRCS printer_cups.c)
 
 set(${MODULE_PREFIX}_LIBS winpr freerdp ${CUPS_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/channels/rdpear/CMakeLists.txt b/channels/rdpear/CMakeLists.txt
index 082b2c49c..b277c856a 100644
--- a/channels/rdpear/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/channels/rdpear/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ if(NOT IOS AND NOT WIN32 AND NOT ANDROID)
 
   if(KRB5_FOUND)
     define_channel("rdpear")
+    freerdp_client_pc_add_requires_private("mit-krb5")
 
     if(KRB5_FLAVOUR STREQUAL "Heimdal")
       message(FATAL_ERROR "krb5 implementation Heimdal not supported with -DCHANNEL_RDPEAR=ON")
diff --git a/channels/rdpear/common/CMakeLists.txt b/channels/rdpear/common/CMakeLists.txt
index baabcaea2..f5a593095 100644
--- a/channels/rdpear/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/channels/rdpear/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ target_include_directories(rdpear-common-obj SYSTEM PRIVATE ${KRB5_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 target_link_directories(rdpear-common INTERFACE ${KRB5_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 target_link_libraries(rdpear-common INTERFACE ${KRB5_LIBRARIES} rdpear-common-obj)
 
+freerdp_client_pc_add_library_private(rdpear-common-obj)
+
 channel_install(rdpear-common ${FREERDP_ADDIN_PATH} "FreeRDPTargets")
 channel_install(rdpear-common-obj ${FREERDP_ADDIN_PATH} "FreeRDPTargets")
 
diff --git a/channels/rdpecam/client/CMakeLists.txt b/channels/rdpecam/client/CMakeLists.txt
index a8028c309..9019c5004 100644
--- a/channels/rdpecam/client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/channels/rdpecam/client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ define_channel_client("rdpecam")
 if(NOT WITH_SWSCALE OR NOT WITH_FFMPEG)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "WITH_FFMPEG and WITH_SWSCALE required for CHANNEL_RDPECAM_CLIENT")
 endif()
+freerdp_client_pc_add_requires_private("libswscale")
 
 # currently camera redirect client supported for platforms with Video4Linux only
 find_package(FFmpeg REQUIRED COMPONENTS SWSCALE)
diff --git a/channels/rdpecam/client/v4l/CMakeLists.txt b/channels/rdpecam/client/v4l/CMakeLists.txt
index 2de0089d6..0a463e886 100644
--- a/channels/rdpecam/client/v4l/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/channels/rdpecam/client/v4l/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ if(WITH_V4L)
   define_channel_client_subsystem("rdpecam" "v4l" "")
 
   find_package(libusb-1.0 REQUIRED)
+  freerdp_client_pc_add_requires_private("libusb-1.0")
   include_directories(SYSTEM ${LIBUSB_1_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
   set(${MODULE_PREFIX}_SRCS camera_v4l.c uvc_h264.c)
diff --git a/channels/rdpsnd/client/alsa/CMakeLists.txt b/channels/rdpsnd/client/alsa/CMakeLists.txt
index 63c2db3f2..1686de37d 100644
--- a/channels/rdpsnd/client/alsa/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/channels/rdpsnd/client/alsa/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 define_channel_client_subsystem("rdpsnd" "alsa" "")
 
 find_package(ALSA REQUIRED)
+freerdp_client_pc_add_requires_private("alsa")
 
 set(${MODULE_PREFIX}_SRCS rdpsnd_alsa.c)
 
diff --git a/channels/rdpsnd/client/pulse/CMakeLists.txt b/channels/rdpsnd/client/pulse/CMakeLists.txt
index e08491e01..bb8ee9bd4 100644
--- a/channels/rdpsnd/client/pulse/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/channels/rdpsnd/client/pulse/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 define_channel_client_subsystem("rdpsnd" "pulse" "")
 
 find_package(PulseAudio REQUIRED)
+freerdp_client_pc_add_requires_private("libpulse")
 
 set(${MODULE_PREFIX}_SRCS rdpsnd_pulse.c)
 
diff --git a/channels/rdpsnd/common/CMakeLists.txt b/channels/rdpsnd/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 936c39c9c..8dbe29c48 100644
--- a/channels/rdpsnd/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/channels/rdpsnd/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ set(SRCS rdpsnd_common.h rdpsnd_common.c)
 add_library(rdpsnd-common STATIC ${SRCS})
 set_property(TARGET rdpsnd-common PROPERTY FOLDER "Channels/${CHANNEL_NAME}/Common")
 
+freerdp_client_pc_add_library_private(rdpsnd-common)
 channel_install(rdpsnd-common ${FREERDP_ADDIN_PATH} "FreeRDPTargets")
diff --git a/channels/remdesk/common/CMakeLists.txt b/channels/remdesk/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 65784df94..e7059eb23 100644
--- a/channels/remdesk/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/channels/remdesk/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ set(SRCS remdesk_common.h remdesk_common.c)
 add_library(remdesk-common STATIC ${SRCS})
 set_property(TARGET remdesk-common PROPERTY FOLDER "Channels/${CHANNEL_NAME}/Common")
 
+freerdp_client_pc_add_library_private(remdesk-common)
 channel_install(remdesk-common ${FREERDP_ADDIN_PATH} "FreeRDPTargets")
diff --git a/channels/tsmf/client/CMakeLists.txt b/channels/tsmf/client/CMakeLists.txt
index 51ae4c5fc..5c71cbb83 100644
--- a/channels/tsmf/client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/channels/tsmf/client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ message(DEPRECATION "TSMF channel is no longer maintained. Use [MS-RDPEVOR] (/vi
 find_package(PkgConfig)
 if(PkgConfig_FOUND)
   pkg_check_modules(gstreamer gstreamer-1.0)
+  freerdp_client_pc_add_requires_private("gstreamer-1.0")
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_GSTREAMER_1_0)
diff --git a/channels/tsmf/client/alsa/CMakeLists.txt b/channels/tsmf/client/alsa/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e9d74eec..bae0442b3 100644
--- a/channels/tsmf/client/alsa/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/channels/tsmf/client/alsa/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 define_channel_client_subsystem("tsmf" "alsa" "audio")
 
 find_package(ALSA REQUIRED)
+freerdp_client_pc_add_requires_private("alsa")
 
 set(${MODULE_PREFIX}_SRCS tsmf_alsa.c)
 
diff --git a/channels/tsmf/client/gstreamer/CMakeLists.txt b/channels/tsmf/client/gstreamer/CMakeLists.txt
index 75c15d7eb..ce1b1ae07 100644
--- a/channels/tsmf/client/gstreamer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/channels/tsmf/client/gstreamer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ set(SRC "tsmf_gstreamer.c")
 pkg_check_modules(gstreamerbase gstreamer-base-1.0 REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(gstreamervideo gstreamer-video-1.0 REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(gstreamerapp gstreamer-app-1.0 REQUIRED)
+freerdp_client_pc_add_requires_private("gstreamer-base-1.0;gstreamer-video-1.0;gstreamer-app-1.0")
 
 set(LIBS ${gstreamer_LIBRARIES} ${gstreamerbase_LIBRARIES} ${gstreamervideo_LIBRARIES} ${gstreamerapp_LIBRARIES})
 include_directories(
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ if(ANDROID)
   set(SRC ${SRC} tsmf_android.c)
 else()
   find_package(X11 REQUIRED)
+  freerdp_client_pc_add_requires_private("x11")
 
   list(APPEND SRC tsmf_X11.c)
   list(APPEND LIBS ${X11_LIBRARIES} ${X11_Xext_LIB})
diff --git a/channels/tsmf/client/pulse/CMakeLists.txt b/channels/tsmf/client/pulse/CMakeLists.txt
index b9f54c28a..2a1b88098 100644
--- a/channels/tsmf/client/pulse/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/channels/tsmf/client/pulse/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 define_channel_client_subsystem("tsmf" "pulse" "audio")
 
 find_package(PulseAudio REQUIRED)
+freerdp_client_pc_add_requires_private("libpulse")
 
 set(${MODULE_PREFIX}_SRCS tsmf_pulse.c)
 
diff --git a/channels/urbdrc/CMakeLists.txt b/channels/urbdrc/CMakeLists.txt
index f7443f421..77357a4a8 100644
--- a/channels/urbdrc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/channels/urbdrc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ if(WITH_CLIENT_CHANNELS)
   option(WITH_DEBUG_URBDRC "Dump data send/received in URBDRC channel" ${DEFAULT_DEBUG_OPTION})
 
   find_package(libusb-1.0 REQUIRED)
+  freerdp_client_pc_add_requires_private("libusb-1.0")
   include_directories(SYSTEM ${LIBUSB_1_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
   add_channel_client(${MODULE_PREFIX} ${CHANNEL_NAME})
diff --git a/channels/urbdrc/common/CMakeLists.txt b/channels/urbdrc/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 5dd5b8d20..ba8726f1b 100644
--- a/channels/urbdrc/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/channels/urbdrc/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ set(SRCS urbdrc_types.h urbdrc_helpers.h urbdrc_helpers.c msusb.h msusb.c)
 add_library(urbdrc-common STATIC ${SRCS})
 set_property(TARGET urbdrc-common PROPERTY FOLDER "Channels/${CHANNEL_NAME}/Common")
 
+freerdp_client_pc_add_library_private(urbdrc-common)
 channel_install(urbdrc-common ${FREERDP_ADDIN_PATH} "FreeRDPTargets")
diff --git a/client/CMakeLists.txt b/client/CMakeLists.txt
index 569f56374..2774a124e 100644
--- a/client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,10 +99,18 @@ if(WITH_CLIENT)
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_FUSE)
-  list(APPEND FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_PRIVATE_LIBS "-lfuse3")
+  freerdp_client_pc_add_requires_private("fuse3")
+endif()
+
+list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE)
+list(JOIN FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE " " FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE)
+
+list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_LIBRARY_PRIVATE)
+list(JOIN FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_LIBRARY_PRIVATE " -l" FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_LIBRARY_PRIVATE)
+if(FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_LIBRARY_PRIVATE)
+  string(PREPEND FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_LIBRARY_PRIVATE "-l")
 endif()
 
-list(JOIN FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_PRIVATE_LIBS " " FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_PRIVATE_LIBS)
 include(pkg-config-install-prefix)
 cleaning_configure_file(
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/freerdp-client.pc.in
diff --git a/client/common/CMakeLists.txt b/client/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 1cf0e8556..dc4831184 100644
--- a/client/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/client/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ if(WITH_FUSE)
   find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 
   pkg_check_modules(FUSE3 REQUIRED fuse3)
+  freerdp_client_pc_add_requires_private("fuse3")
+
   include_directories(SYSTEM ${FUSE3_INCLUDE_DIRS})
   add_compile_definitions(WITH_FUSE)
   list(APPEND LIBS ${FUSE3_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/client/freerdp-client.pc.in b/client/freerdp-client.pc.in
index e446657cf..3c6014795 100644
--- a/client/freerdp-client.pc.in
+++ b/client/freerdp-client.pc.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Description: FreeRDP: A Remote Desktop Protocol Implementation
 URL: http://www.freerdp.com/
 Version: @FREERDP_VERSION@
 Requires: 
-Requires.private: @WINPR_PKG_CONFIG_FILENAME@ freerdp@FREERDP_VERSION_MAJOR@
+Requires.private: @WINPR_PKG_CONFIG_FILENAME@ freerdp@FREERDP_VERSION_MAJOR@ @FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE@
 Libs: -L${libdir} ${libs}
-Libs.private: -ldl -lpthread @FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_PRIVATE_LIBS@
+Libs.private: -ldl -lpthread @FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_LIBRARY_PRIVATE@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/cmake/PkgConfigHelpers.cmake b/cmake/PkgConfigHelpers.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b8f608b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/PkgConfigHelpers.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+set(FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE "" CACHE INTERNAL "dependencies")
+
+function(freerdp_client_pc_add_requires_private)
+  foreach(_lib ${ARGN})
+    list(APPEND FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE ${_lib})
+  endforeach()
+  set(FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE ${FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE} CACHE INTERNAL "dependencies")
+endfunction()
+
+set(FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_LIBRARY_PRIVATE "" CACHE INTERNAL "dependencies")
+
+function(freerdp_client_pc_add_library_private)
+  foreach(_lib ${ARGN})
+    list(APPEND FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_LIBRARY_PRIVATE ${_lib})
+  endforeach()
+  set(FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_LIBRARY_PRIVATE ${FREERDP_CLIENT_PC_LIBRARY_PRIVATE} CACHE INTERNAL "dependencies")
+endfunction()