diff --git a/0001-pkgconfig-do-not-quote-Libs.patch b/0001-pkgconfig-do-not-quote-Libs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8613361
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-pkgconfig-do-not-quote-Libs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 452ba68cde25423d13ebb36f0a54559f07aa53a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Igor Gnatenko <ignatenko@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 16:37:47 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] pkgconfig: do not quote Libs
+
+It doesn't make sense at all.
+---
+ libgit2.pc.in | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/libgit2.pc.in b/libgit2.pc.in
+index 329a560a7..880266a30 100644
+--- a/libgit2.pc.in
++++ b/libgit2.pc.in
+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Name: libgit2
+ Description: The git library, take 2
+ Version: @LIBGIT2_VERSION_STRING@
+ 
+-Libs: -L"${libdir}" -lgit2
++Libs: -L${libdir} -lgit2
+ Libs.private: @LIBGIT2_PC_LIBS@
+ Requires.private: @LIBGIT2_PC_REQUIRES@
+ 
+-- 
+2.11.0
+
diff --git a/libgit2.spec b/libgit2.spec
index 0d95133..87497c6 100644
--- a/libgit2.spec
+++ b/libgit2.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 Name:           libgit2
 Version:        0.25.1
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        C implementation of the Git core methods as a library with a solid API
 License:        GPLv2 with exceptions
 URL:            http://libgit2.github.com/
 Source0:        https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/archive/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+# https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/pull/4110
+# https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778293
+Patch0001:      0001-pkgconfig-do-not-quote-Libs.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  http-parser-devel
@@ -74,6 +77,9 @@ popd
 %{_includedir}/git2/
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 07 2017 Igor Gnatenko <ignatenko@redhat.com> - 0.25.1-3
+- Backport patch to fix pkgconfig file under g-ir-scanner
+
 * Tue Feb 07 2017 Igor Gnatenko <ignatenko@redhat.com> - 0.25.1-2
 - Bump release for rebuild