diff --git a/CMake/Utilities.cmake b/CMake/Utilities.cmake
index 335713c84c..68cda44366 100644
--- a/CMake/Utilities.cmake
+++ b/CMake/Utilities.cmake
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ function(curl_dumptargetprops _target)
     string(REPLACE "\n" ";" _cmake_property_list "${_cmake_property_list}")
     list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES _cmake_property_list)
     list(REMOVE_ITEM _cmake_property_list "")
+    list(APPEND _cmake_property_list "CURL_PC_MODULES")
     foreach(_prop IN LISTS _cmake_property_list)
       if(_prop MATCHES "<CONFIG>")
         foreach(_config IN ITEMS "DEBUG" "RELEASE" "MINSIZEREL" "RELWITHDEBINFO")
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f733656f2a..f4e6c41a17 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ if(CURL_USE_OPENSSL)
   # Depend on OpenSSL via imported targets. This allows our dependents to
   # get our dependencies transitively.
   list(APPEND CURL_LIBS OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
-  set_target_properties(OpenSSL::SSL PROPERTIES LIBCURL_PC_MODULES "openssl")
+  set_target_properties(OpenSSL::SSL PROPERTIES CURL_PC_MODULES "openssl")
 
   if(CURL_DEFAULT_SSL_BACKEND AND CURL_DEFAULT_SSL_BACKEND STREQUAL "openssl")
     set(_valid_default_ssl_backend TRUE)
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ if(ZLIB_FOUND)
   # Depend on ZLIB via imported targets. This allows our dependents to
   # get our dependencies transitively.
   list(APPEND CURL_LIBS ZLIB::ZLIB)
-  set_target_properties(ZLIB::ZLIB PROPERTIES LIBCURL_PC_MODULES "zlib")
+  set_target_properties(ZLIB::ZLIB PROPERTIES CURL_PC_MODULES "zlib")
 endif()
 
 set(HAVE_BROTLI OFF)
@@ -2136,7 +2136,7 @@ if(NOT CURL_DISABLE_INSTALL)
       if(NOT _libname AND NOT _libs AND NOT _libdirs)
         message(WARNING "Bad lib in library list: ${_lib}")
       endif()
-      get_target_property(_modules "${_lib}" LIBCURL_PC_MODULES)
+      get_target_property(_modules "${_lib}" CURL_PC_MODULES)
       if(_modules)
         list(APPEND LIBCURL_PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE "${_modules}")
       endif()