diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cd0dff7..57659f9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -191,7 +191,9 @@ IF(EXPORT_BOOST_DEPENDENCY_TO_PKGCONFIG)
         SET(PKG_CONFIG_LIB_DEPS "${PKG_CONFIG_LIB_DEPS} -L${LIB_DIR}")
     ENDFOREACH()
     FOREACH(LIB ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
-        SET(PKG_CONFIG_LIB_DEPS "${PKG_CONFIG_LIB_DEPS} ${LIB}")
+        GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME "${LIB}" NAME_WE)
+        STRING(REPLACE "lib" "" BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME ${BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME})
+        SET(PKG_CONFIG_LIB_DEPS "${PKG_CONFIG_LIB_DEPS} -l${BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME}")
     ENDFOREACH()
     LIST(APPEND PKG_CONFIG_INCLUDE_DEPS "-I${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 ENDIF()