diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 5cd0e74846..fb3f911663 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 v3.x.y - YYYY-MMM-DD (to be released)
 -------------------------------------
 
+  - Configure: add additional name to pcre2 pkg-config list
+    [Issue #2939 - @agebhar1, @fzipi, @martinhsv]
 
 v3.0.10 - 2023-Jul-25
 ---------------------
diff --git a/build/pcre2.m4 b/build/pcre2.m4
index 0303bc29ff..2d0814ace7 100644
--- a/build/pcre2.m4
+++ b/build/pcre2.m4
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl CHECK_PCRE2(ACTION-IF-FOUND [, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND])
 AC_DEFUN([PROG_PCRE2], [
 
 # Possible names for the pcre2 library/package (pkg-config)
-PCRE2_POSSIBLE_LIB_NAMES="pcre2 pcre2-8"
+PCRE2_POSSIBLE_LIB_NAMES="pcre2 pcre2-8 libpcre2-8"
 
 # Possible extensions for the library
 PCRE2_POSSIBLE_EXTENSIONS="so so0 la sl dll dylib so.0.0.0"