diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e444dcc..68ef7b8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ if(USE_SYSTEM_MINIZIP)
         pkg_check_modules(MINIZIP minizip)
         list(APPEND LXW_PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIRS ${MINIZIP_INCLUDE_DIRS}/..)
     else(NOT MINIZIP_FOUND)
-        find_package(MINIZIP "1.0" REQUIRED)
-        list(APPEND LXW_PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIRS ${MINIZIP_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+        find_package(MINIZIP NAMES unofficial-minizip REQUIRED)
+        set(MINIZIP_LIBRARIES unofficial::minizip::minizip)
     endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/dev/release/pkg-config.txt b/dev/release/pkg-config.txt
index a87d080..fa58047 100644
--- a/dev/release/pkg-config.txt
+++ b/dev/release/pkg-config.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ Name: libxlsxwriter
 Description: A C library for creating Excel XLSX files
 Version: @VERSION@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lxlsxwriter -lz
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lxlsxwriter
+Requires.private: minizip zlib
