diff --git a/libsecret/meson.build b/libsecret/meson.build
index 0421ac9..6cbd88e 100644
--- a/libsecret/meson.build
+++ b/libsecret/meson.build
@@ -148,32 +148,24 @@ if with_vapi
 endif
 
 # pkg-config
-pc_conf = configuration_data({
-  'prefix': libsecret_prefix,
-  'exec_prefix': '${prefix}',
-  'libdir': '${prefix}' / get_option('libdir'),
-  'includedir': '${prefix}' / get_option('includedir'),
-  'datarootdir': '${prefix}' / get_option('datadir'),
-  'datadir': '${datarootdir}',
-  'sysconfdir': '${prefix}' / get_option('sysconfdir'),
-  'SECRET_MAJOR': api_version_major,
-  'VERSION': meson.project_version(),
-})
+libsecret_pc_variables = [
+  'exec_prefix=${prefix}',
+  'datarootdir=@0@'.format('${prefix}' / get_option('datadir')),
+  'datadir=${datarootdir}',
+  'sysconfdir=@0@'.format('${prefix}' / get_option('sysconfdir'))
+]
 
-configure_file(
-  input: 'libsecret.pc.in',
-  output: 'libsecret-@0@.pc'.format(api_version_major),
-  configuration: pc_conf,
-  install: true,
-  install_dir: libsecret_prefix / libdir / 'pkgconfig',
-)
-configure_file(
-  input: 'libsecret-unstable.pc.in',
-  output: '@BASENAME@',
-  configuration: pc_conf,
-  install: true,
-  install_dir: libsecret_prefix / libdir / 'pkgconfig',
-)
+pkg.generate(libsecret,
+	     description: 'GObject bindings for Secret Service API',
+	     name: 'libsecret-@0@'.format(api_version_major),
+	     variables: libsecret_pc_variables,
+	     requires_private: glib_deps + [gcrypt_dep])
+
+pkg.generate(description: 'GObject bindings for Secret Service API (Unstable)',
+	     name: 'libsecret-unstable',
+	     variables: libsecret_pc_variables,
+	     extra_cflags: '-DSECRET_WITH_UNSTABLE',
+	     requires: libsecret)
 
 # Tests
 mock_cflags = [
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b796495..f20a66e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ project('libsecret', 'c',
 
 gnome = import('gnome')
 i18n = import('i18n')
+pkg = import('pkgconfig')
 
 # API version
 api_version = '1.0.0'
@@ -44,23 +45,10 @@ glib_deps = [
   dependency('gio-2.0', version: '>=' + min_glib_version),
   dependency('gio-unix-2.0', version: '>=' + min_glib_version),
 ]
-if with_gcrypt
-  min_libgcrypt_version = '1.2.2'
-  gcrypt_dep = dependency('libgcrypt', version: '>=' + min_libgcrypt_version, required: false)
-  if not gcrypt_dep.found()
-    libgcrypt_config = find_program('libgcrypt-config')
-    libgcrypt_version = run_command(libgcrypt_config, '--version').stdout().strip()
-    if (libgcrypt_version.version_compare('>' + libgcrypt_version))
-      error('@0@ requires at least gcrypt version @1@, but version found is @2@'
-              .format(meson.project_name(), min_libgcrypt_version, libgcrypt_version))
-    endif
-    message('gcrypt version: @0@'.format(libgcrypt_version))
-    gcrypt_dep = declare_dependency(
-      link_args: run_command(libgcrypt_config, '--libs').stdout().strip().split(),
-      compile_args: run_command(libgcrypt_config, '--cflags').stdout().strip().split(),
-    )
-  endif
-endif
+
+min_libgcrypt_version = '1.2.2'
+gcrypt_dep = dependency('libgcrypt', version: '>=' + min_libgcrypt_version,
+			required: with_gcrypt)
 
 # Libraries
 math = meson.get_compiler('c').find_library('m')