diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/rtaudio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/rtaudio/default.nix
index f26f2b07e71a..fc14236fe24a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/rtaudio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/rtaudio/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1pglnjz907ajlhnlnig3p0sx7hdkpggr8ss7b3wzf1lykzgv9l52";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./rtaudio-pkgconfig.patch ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   buildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool libjack2 alsaLib pulseaudio rtmidi ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/rtaudio/rtaudio-pkgconfig.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/rtaudio/rtaudio-pkgconfig.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8536332d46d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/rtaudio/rtaudio-pkgconfig.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+--- a/rtaudio.pc.in
++++ b/rtaudio.pc.in
+@@ -9 +9 @@ Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
+-Requires: @req@ 
++Requires.private: @req@