diff --git a/opal/tools/wrappers/opal.pc.in b/opal/tools/wrappers/opal.pc.in
index c9ef205a32..216dd576cc 100644
--- a/opal/tools/wrappers/opal.pc.in
+++ b/opal/tools/wrappers/opal.pc.in
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ libdir=@libdir@
 # (they're pulled in via libopen-pal.so's implicit dependencies), so
 # list them in Libs.private.
 #
-Libs: -L${libdir} @OPAL_WRAPPER_EXTRA_LDFLAGS@ -lopen-pal 
+Libs: -L${libdir} @OPAL_PKG_CONFIG_LDFLAGS@ -lopen-pal
 Libs.private: @OPAL_WRAPPER_EXTRA_LIBS@
 #
 # It is safe to hard-wire the -I before the EXTRA_INCLUDES because we