diff -rupN curl-7.59.0.old/curl-config.in curl-7.59.0/curl-config.in
--- curl-7.59.0.old/curl-config.in	2018-01-30 23:02:52.000000000 +0100
+++ curl-7.59.0/curl-config.in	2018-04-16 19:16:30.647704720 +0200
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
         ;;
 
     --cc)
-        echo "@CC@"
+        echo "gcc"
         ;;
 
     --prefix)
@@ -155,16 +155,7 @@
         ;;
 
     --libs)
-        if test "X@libdir@" != "X/usr/lib" -a "X@libdir@" != "X/usr/lib64"; then
-           CURLLIBDIR="-L@libdir@ "
-        else
-           CURLLIBDIR=""
-        fi
-        if test "X@ENABLE_SHARED@" = "Xno"; then
-          echo ${CURLLIBDIR}-lcurl @LIBCURL_LIBS@
-        else
-          echo ${CURLLIBDIR}-lcurl
-        fi
+        pkg-config libcurl --libs
         ;;
     --ssl-backends)
         echo "@SSL_BACKENDS@"