diff --git a/parse.c b/parse.c
index 18949c2..0afbc59 100644
--- a/parse.c
+++ b/parse.c
@@ -413,6 +413,8 @@ parse_file(const char *filename, FILE *f)
 				pkg->cflags = strdup_parse(pkg, value);
 			else if (!strcasecmp(key, "LIBS"))
 				pkg->libs = strdup_parse(pkg, value);
+			else if (!strcasecmp(key, "LIBS.private"))
+				pkg->libs_private = strdup_parse(pkg, value);
 			else if (!strcasecmp(key, "Requires"))
 				pkg->requires = parse_deplist(pkg, value);
 			else if (!strcasecmp(key, "Requires.private"))
diff --git a/pkg.h b/pkg.h
index d287385..6d9825c 100644
--- a/pkg.h
+++ b/pkg.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ struct pkg_ {
 	char *url;
 	char *pc_filedir;
 	char *libs;
+	char *libs_private;
 	char *cflags;
 
 	pkg_dependency_t *requires;