diff --git a/kiwix.pc.in b/kiwix.pc.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 259e1d75..00000000
--- a/kiwix.pc.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-prefix=@prefix@
-libdir=${prefix}/lib64
-includedir=${prefix}/include
-
-Name: libkiwix
-Description: A library that contains a lot of things used by used by other kiwix programs
-Version: @version@
-Requires: @requires@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lkiwix @extra_libs@
-Cflags: -I${includedir}/ @extra_cflags@
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 22985870..9772a16f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -35,11 +35,10 @@ else
   error('Cannot found header mustache.hpp')
 endif
 
-libzim_dep = dependency('libzim', version:'>=9.0.0', static:static_deps)
-libzim_dep = dependency('libzim', version:'<10.0.0', static:static_deps)
+libzim_dep = dependency('libzim', version:['>=9.0.0', '<10.0.0'], static:static_deps)
 
 if not compiler.has_header_symbol('zim/zim.h', 'LIBZIM_WITH_XAPIAN', dependencies: libzim_dep)
-  error('Libzim seems to be compiled without xapian. Xapian support is mandatory.')
+  error('Libzim seems to be compiled without Xapian. Xapian support is mandatory.')
 endif
 
 
@@ -75,17 +74,10 @@ if get_option('doc')
   subdir('docs')
 endif
 
-pkg_requires = ['libzim', 'icu-i18n', 'pugixml', 'libcurl', 'libmicrohttpd', 'xapian-core']
-
-pkg_conf = configuration_data()
-pkg_conf.set('prefix', get_option('prefix'))
-pkg_conf.set('requires', ' '.join(pkg_requires))
-pkg_conf.set('extra_libs', ' '.join(extra_libs))
-pkg_conf.set('extra_cflags', extra_cflags)
-pkg_conf.set('version', meson.project_version())
-configure_file(output : 'kiwix.pc',
-               configuration : pkg_conf,
-               input : 'kiwix.pc.in',
-               install_dir: get_option('libdir')+'/pkgconfig'
-              )
-
+pkg_mod = import('pkgconfig')
+pkg_mod.generate(libraries : [libkiwix] + extra_libs,
+                 version : meson.project_version(),
+                 name : 'libkiwix',
+                 filebase : 'libkiwix',
+                 description : 'A library that contains useful primitives that Kiwix readers have in common',
+                 extra_cflags: extra_cflags)