diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/pkg-config.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/pkg-config.section.md
index eecc84b4c1aa..fb6fee997d6f 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/pkg-config.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/pkg-config.section.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Nixpkgs provides a couple of facilities for working with this tool.
 
 ## Writing packages providing pkg-config modules
 
-Packages should set `meta.pkgConfigProvides` with the list of package config modules they provide.
+Packages should set `meta.pkgConfigModules` with the list of package config modules they provide.
 They should also use `testers.testMetaPkgConfig` to check that the final built package matches that list.
 Additionally, the [`validatePkgConfig` setup hook](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#validatepkgconfig), will do extra checks on to-be-installed pkg-config modules.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
index 311e9e1b8c76..b91e7733ab23 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 , phpExtensions
 , python3
 , tests
+, testers
 , fetchpatch
 }:
 
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       # Additional checking with support http3 protocol.
       # nginx-http3 = useThisCurl nixosTests.nginx-http3;
       nginx-http3 = nixosTests.nginx-http3;
+      pkg-config = testers.testMetaPkgConfig finalAttrs.finalPackage;
     };
   };
 
@@ -189,5 +191,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     platforms = platforms.all;
     # Fails to link against static brotli or gss
     broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic && (brotliSupport || gssSupport);
+    pkgConfigModules = [ "libcurl" ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/pkg-config/pkg-config-data.json b/pkgs/top-level/pkg-config/pkg-config-data.json
index 61ed9098b919..758986390b22 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/pkg-config/pkg-config-data.json
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/pkg-config/pkg-config-data.json
@@ -445,6 +445,11 @@
         "openssl"
       ]
     },
+    "libcurl": {
+      "attrPath": [
+        "curl"
+      ]
+    },
     "libecpg": {
       "attrPath": [
         "postgresql"