diff --git a/grpc.changes b/grpc.changes
index 1853dcd..29b7242 100644
--- a/grpc.changes
+++ b/grpc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Apr 20 18:31:55 UTC 2023 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- grpc++.pc: force-add -lgrpc [boo#1210695]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr 14 11:07:33 UTC 2023 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/grpc.spec b/grpc.spec
index bcaccce..5ae8644 100644
--- a/grpc.spec
+++ b/grpc.spec
@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@ rm -fr third_party/abseil-cpp/*
 mkdir -p "%buildroot/%src_install_dir"
 cp -r * "%buildroot/%src_install_dir"
 
+# bugzilla.suse.com/1210695
+# grpc++ headers' inline functions can use functions from the C library, so must be present in .pc
+perl -i -lpe 's{-lgrpc\+\+}{-lgrpc++ -lgrpc}' "%buildroot/%_libdir/pkgconfig/grpc++.pc"
+
 %fdupes %buildroot/%_prefix
 
 # Checks cannot be run because of `make clean` above