diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/static-linking.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/static-linking.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cec6dde67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/manual/rl-next/static-linking.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+synopsis: "Lix libraries can now be linked statically"
+issues: [fj#789]
+cls: [3775, 3778]
+category: Fixes
+credits: [alois31]
+---
+Previously the pkg-config files distributed with Lix were only suitable for dynamic linkage, causing "undefined reference to…" linker errors when trying to link statically.
+Private dependency information has now been added to make static linkage work as expected without user intervention.
+In addition, relevant static libraries are now prelinked to avoid strange failures due to missing static initializers.
diff --git a/lix/libcmd/lix-cmd.pc.in b/lix/libcmd/lix-cmd.pc.in
index 6b197d4d2..262a5c9d0 100644
--- a/lix/libcmd/lix-cmd.pc.in
+++ b/lix/libcmd/lix-cmd.pc.in
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 Name: Lix (libcmd)
 Description: Lix Package Manager (libcmd)
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-Requires: lix-base lix-util
-Libs: -L${libdir} -llixcmd
+Requires: lix-base lix-util lix-store
+Requires.private: lix-fetchers lix-expr lix-main @BOEHM_IF_FOUND@ libeditline lowdown ncurses
+Libs: -L${libdir} @LIBLIX_DOC_IF_STATIC@ -llixcmd
diff --git a/lix/libcmd/meson.build b/lix/libcmd/meson.build
index 1ce9783a4..e76faed89 100644
--- a/lix/libcmd/meson.build
+++ b/lix/libcmd/meson.build
@@ -93,5 +93,7 @@ configure_file(
     'libdir' : libdir,
     'includedir' : includedir,
     'PACKAGE_VERSION' : meson.project_version(),
+    'BOEHM_IF_FOUND' : boehm.found() ? 'bdw-gc' : '',
+    'LIBLIX_DOC_IF_STATIC' : is_static ? '-llix_doc' : '',
   },
 )
diff --git a/lix/libexpr/lix-expr.pc.in b/lix/libexpr/lix-expr.pc.in
index d4c2911e9..ea71ea43d 100644
--- a/lix/libexpr/lix-expr.pc.in
+++ b/lix/libexpr/lix-expr.pc.in
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 Name: Lix libexpr
 Description: Lix Package Manager (libexpr)
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-Requires: lix-base lix-util lix-fetchers lix-store bdw-gc
+# dependencies on boost is omitted since it is optional (only required by some headers)
+Requires: lix-base lix-util lix-store lix-fetchers @BOEHM_IF_FOUND@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -llixexpr
diff --git a/lix/libexpr/meson.build b/lix/libexpr/meson.build
index 85624abb8..8a5cde12b 100644
--- a/lix/libexpr/meson.build
+++ b/lix/libexpr/meson.build
@@ -357,5 +357,6 @@ configure_file(
     'libdir' : libdir,
     'includedir' : includedir,
     'PACKAGE_VERSION' : meson.project_version(),
+    'BOEHM_IF_FOUND' : boehm.found() ? 'bdw-gc' : '',
   },
 )
diff --git a/lix/libfetchers/lix-fetchers.pc.in b/lix/libfetchers/lix-fetchers.pc.in
index a0631bb11..513b1c0d5 100644
--- a/lix/libfetchers/lix-fetchers.pc.in
+++ b/lix/libfetchers/lix-fetchers.pc.in
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 Name: Lix libfetchers
 Description: Lix Package Manager (libfetchers)
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-Requires: lix-base lix-util
+Requires: lix-base lix-util lix-store
 Libs: -L${libdir} -llixfetchers
diff --git a/lix/libmain/lix-main.pc.in b/lix/libmain/lix-main.pc.in
index fb733985e..3478263a3 100644
--- a/lix/libmain/lix-main.pc.in
+++ b/lix/libmain/lix-main.pc.in
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ Name: Lix libmain
 Description: Lix Package Manager (libmain)
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 Requires: lix-base lix-util
+Requires.private: lix-store
 Libs: -L${libdir} -llixmain
diff --git a/lix/libstore/lix-store.pc.in b/lix/libstore/lix-store.pc.in
index a8c86a230..179c90c7f 100644
--- a/lix/libstore/lix-store.pc.in
+++ b/lix/libstore/lix-store.pc.in
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ Name: Lix libstore
 Description: Lix Package Manager (libstore)
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 Requires: lix-base lix-util
-Libs: -L${libdir} -llixstore -llixutil
+Requires.private: @AWS_SDK_IF_FOUND@ capnp-rpc libcurl libarchive libseccomp libsodium sqlite3
+Libs: -L${libdir} -llixstore
diff --git a/lix/libstore/meson.build b/lix/libstore/meson.build
index b092c27ba..e4e65254f 100644
--- a/lix/libstore/meson.build
+++ b/lix/libstore/meson.build
@@ -469,5 +469,6 @@ configure_file(
     'libdir' : libdir,
     'includedir' : includedir,
     'PACKAGE_VERSION' : meson.project_version(),
+    'AWS_SDK_IF_FOUND' : aws_sdk.found() ? 'aws-cpp-sdk-core aws-cpp-sdk-s3 aws-cpp-std-transfer' : '',
   },
 )
diff --git a/lix/libutil/lix-util.pc.in b/lix/libutil/lix-util.pc.in
index 9847b7ee5..4b392f47d 100644
--- a/lix/libutil/lix-util.pc.in
+++ b/lix/libutil/lix-util.pc.in
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 Name: Lix libutil
 Description: Lix Package Manager (libutil)
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-Requires: lix-base lix-util
+# dependencies on boost, libarchive, nlohmann_json are omitted since they are optional (only required by some headers)
+Requires: lix-base
+Requires.private: libbrotlidec libbrotlienc libcpuid libarchive libcrypto
 Libs: -L${libdir} -llixutil