diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e7f707cf1..81648a9cf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ endif ()
 
 
 set(PKG_CONFIG_REQUIRED_PRIVATE "")
+set(PKG_CONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE "")
 
 if (ZLIB_FOUND)
   target_link_libraries(freetype PRIVATE ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
@@ -452,7 +453,7 @@ endif ()
 if (BZIP2_FOUND)
   target_link_libraries(freetype PRIVATE ${BZIP2_LIBRARIES})
   target_include_directories(freetype PRIVATE ${BZIP2_INCLUDE_DIR}) # not BZIP2_INCLUDE_DIRS
-  list(APPEND PKG_CONFIG_REQUIRED_PRIVATE "bzip2")
+  list(APPEND PKG_CONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE "-lbz2")
 endif ()
 if (PNG_FOUND)
   target_link_libraries(freetype PRIVATE ${PNG_LIBRARIES})
@@ -511,7 +512,7 @@ if (NOT SKIP_INSTALL_LIBRARIES AND NOT SKIP_INSTALL_ALL)
            FREETYPE2_PC_IN ${FREETYPE2_PC_IN})
     string(REPLACE "%REQUIRES_PRIVATE%" "${PKG_CONFIG_REQUIRED_PRIVATE}"
            FREETYPE2_PC_IN ${FREETYPE2_PC_IN})
-    string(REPLACE "%LIBS_PRIVATE%" ""  # All libs support pkg-config
+    string(REPLACE "%LIBS_PRIVATE%" "${PKG_CONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE}"
            FREETYPE2_PC_IN ${FREETYPE2_PC_IN})
 
     set(FREETYPE2_PC_IN_NAME "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/freetype2.pc")
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1c443b45d..ef0fe4b98 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2021-02-15  Daniel E  <daniel.engberg.lists@pyret.net>
+
+	* CMakeLists.txt: Improve 'bz2' support.
+
+	Not all distributions such as FreeBSD provide a `.pc` file for
+	'(lib)bz2' so follow autotools and add it to `Libs.private` instead.
+
 2021-02-13  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
 
 	* src/tools/update-copyright-year: Fix single-year entry handling.