diff --git a/tools/notcurses++.pc.in b/tools/notcurses++.pc.in
index 8b88c33cf..4b7d4a0de 100644
--- a/tools/notcurses++.pc.in
+++ b/tools/notcurses++.pc.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
 libdir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
 includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
 
-Name: @PROJECT_NAME@
+Name: @PROJECT_NAME@++
 Description: C++ bindings for notcurses
 Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
 
diff --git a/tools/notcurses-core.pc.in b/tools/notcurses-core.pc.in
index 0663bfcc9..2d0942cb8 100644
--- a/tools/notcurses-core.pc.in
+++ b/tools/notcurses-core.pc.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
 libdir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
 includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
 
-Name: @PROJECT_NAME@
+Name: @PROJECT_NAME@-core
 Description: TUI library for modern terminal emulators (core library)
 Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@