diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2022-12-20-01-06-17.gh-issue-99942.lbmzYj.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2022-12-20-01-06-17.gh-issue-99942.lbmzYj.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..63a640a9cdf733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2022-12-20-01-06-17.gh-issue-99942.lbmzYj.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+On Android, python.pc now correctly reports the library to link to, the same
+as python-config.sh.
diff --git a/Misc/python.pc.in b/Misc/python.pc.in
index 87e04decc2a2d5..027dba38585a89 100644
--- a/Misc/python.pc.in
+++ b/Misc/python.pc.in
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ Description: Build a C extension for Python
 Requires:
 Version: @VERSION@
 Libs.private: @LIBS@
-Libs:
+Libs: -L${libdir} @LIBPYTHON@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/python@VERSION@@ABIFLAGS@