curl-config.in     |   16 +++-------------
 docs/curl-config.1 |    4 +++-
 libcurl.pc.in      |    1 +
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/curl-config.in b/curl-config.in
index 150004d..95d0759 100644
--- a/curl-config.in
+++ b/curl-config.in
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
 	;;
 
     --cc)
-	echo "@CC@"
+	echo "gcc"
 	;;
 
     --prefix)
@@ -136,24 +136,14 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
        	;;
 
     --libs)
-	if test "X@libdir@" != "X/usr/lib" -a "X@libdir@" != "X/usr/lib64"; then
-	   CURLLIBDIR="-L@libdir@ "
-	else
-	   CURLLIBDIR=""
-	fi
-	if test "X@REQUIRE_LIB_DEPS@" = "Xyes"; then
-	  echo ${CURLLIBDIR}-lcurl @LDFLAGS@ @LIBCURL_LIBS@ @LIBS@
-	else
-	  echo ${CURLLIBDIR}-lcurl @LDFLAGS@ @LIBS@
-	fi
+	pkg-config libcurl --libs
 	;;
 
     --static-libs)
-	echo @libdir@/libcurl.@libext@ @LDFLAGS@ @LIBCURL_LIBS@ @LIBS@
 	;;
 
     --configure)
-      echo @CONFIGURE_OPTIONS@
+	pkg-config libcurl --variable=configure_options | sed 's/^"//;s/"$//'
     ;;
 
     *)
diff --git a/docs/curl-config.1 b/docs/curl-config.1
index c4f4e2b..3e0ea60 100644
--- a/docs/curl-config.1
+++ b/docs/curl-config.1
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ be listed using uppercase and are separated by newlines. There may be none,
 one, or several protocols in the list. (Added in 7.13.0)
 .IP "--static-libs"
 Shows the complete set of libs and other linker options you will need in order
-to link your application with libcurl statically. (Added in 7.17.1)
+to link your application with libcurl statically. Note that Fedora/RHEL libcurl
+packages do not provide any static libraries, thus cannot be linked statically.
+(Added in 7.17.1)
 .IP "--version"
 Outputs version information about the installed libcurl.
 .IP "--vernum"
diff --git a/libcurl.pc.in b/libcurl.pc.in
index 2ba9c39..f8f8b00 100644
--- a/libcurl.pc.in
+++ b/libcurl.pc.in
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ libdir=@libdir@
 includedir=@includedir@
 supported_protocols="@SUPPORT_PROTOCOLS@"
 supported_features="@SUPPORT_FEATURES@"
+configure_options=@CONFIGURE_OPTIONS@
 
 Name: libcurl
 URL: http://curl.haxx.se/