diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e617bf8c7..e5d9c26be 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ message(STATUS "    Build shared libraries:  ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}")
 message(STATUS "    Threading:               ${ENABLE_THREADING}")
 if(ENABLE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM)
     message(STATUS "    Filesystem support:      Boost")
+    message(STATUS "        Boost version:       ${Boost_VERSION}")
 else()
     message(STATUS "    Filesystem support:      C++17 STL")
 endif()
diff --git a/src/libprojectM/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libprojectM/CMakeLists.txt
index 14ff4b52b..f2accf481 100644
--- a/src/libprojectM/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libprojectM/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ if(ENABLE_INSTALL)
     if(UNIX)
         include(GeneratePkgConfigFiles)
 
+        if(ENABLE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM)
+            set(PKGCONFIG_LIBS "${PKGCONFIG_LIBS} boost_filesystem")
+        endif()
+
         set(PKGCONFIG_PACKAGE_NAME "${PROJECTM_LIBRARY_BASE_OUTPUT_NAME}")
         set(PKGCONFIG_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION "projectM Music Visualizer")
         set(PKGCONFIG_PACKAGE_REQUIREMENTS_ALL "opengl")