diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 36e3976..8fa2375 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ clean: $(MODEST_BUILD_MODULES_TARGET_CLEAN)
 	rm -f $(call MODEST_LIBRARY_WITH_VERSION) && rm -f $(call MODEST_LIBRARY_STATIC)
 	rm -rf $(TEST_DIR_BASE)
 	$(call MODEST_BUILD_CLEAN_AFTER)
+	rm $(MODEST_PKG_CONFIG_FILE)
 	for f in $(BUILD_SUB_DIRS); do $(MAKE) -C $$f clean; done
 
 clone: clean_api $(MODEST_BUILD_MODULES_TARGET_CLONE)
@@ -203,7 +204,9 @@ uninstall:
 test: library
 	$(MAKE) -C $(TEST_DIR) run
 
-make-pc-file:
+make-pc-file: $(MODEST_PKG_CONFIG_FILE)
+
+$(MODEST_PKG_CONFIG_FILE): $(MODEST_PKG_CONFIG_FILE).in
 	$(call MODEST_PKG_CONFIG_PROCESS,$(MODEST_PKG_CONFIG_FILE).in, $(MODEST_PKG_CONFIG_FILE))
 
 modules:
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 282f914..6f70f45 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -6,5 +6,8 @@
 %:
 	dh $@ --parallel
 
+override_dh_auto_build:
+	dh_auto_build -- prefix=/usr
+
 override_dh_auto_install:
-	prefix=/usr dh_auto_install --
+	dh_auto_install -- prefix=/usr
diff --git a/modest.pc.in b/modest.pc.in
index 85b0276..72c6be0 100644
--- a/modest.pc.in
+++ b/modest.pc.in
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ Name: @libname@
 Description: @description@
 Version: @version@
 Cflags: @cflags@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -l@libname@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -l@libname@ -lm