diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d b/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
index 9c6bcbc..bb34cde 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
@@ -205,13 +205,22 @@
 			pkgconfig_libs ~= settings.libs[0 .. $ - pkgconfig_libs.length]
 				.partition!(l => !exists("lib"~l)).map!(l => "lib"~l).array;
 			settings.libs = settings.libs[0 .. $ - pkgconfig_libs.length];
-
 			if (pkgconfig_libs.length) {
 				logDiagnostic("Using pkg-config to resolve library flags for %s.", pkgconfig_libs.join(", "));
 				auto libflags = execute([pkgconfig_bin, "--libs"] ~ pkgconfig_libs);
 				enforce(libflags.status == 0, format("pkg-config exited with error code %s: %s", libflags.status, libflags.output));
 				foreach (f; libflags.output.split()) {
-					if (f.startsWith("-Wl,")) settings.addLFlags(f[4 .. $].split(","));
+					if (f.startsWith("-L-L")) {
+						settings.addLFlags(f[2 .. $]);
+					} else if (f.startsWith("-defaultlib")) {
+						settings.addDFlags(f);
+					} else if (f.startsWith("-L-defaultlib")) {
+						settings.addDFlags(f[2 .. $]);
+					} else if (f.startsWith("-pthread")) {
+						settings.addLFlags("-lpthread");
+					} else if (f.startsWith("-L-l")) {
+						settings.addLFlags(f[2 .. $].split(","));
+					} else if (f.startsWith("-Wl,")) settings.addLFlags(f[4 .. $].split(","));
 					else settings.addLFlags(f);
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config.sh b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..434ca02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ "${DC}" != "dmd" ]; then
+	echo "Skipping issue782-dtkd-pkg-config test for ${DC}..."
+else
+    echo ${CURR_DIR-$(pwd)}
+    # the ${CURR_DIR-$(pwd)} allows running issue782-gtkd-pkg-config.sh stand-alone from the test directory
+    cd ${CURR_DIR-$(pwd)}/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config
+    rm -rf fake-gtkd/.dub
+    rm fake-gtkd/libfake-gtkd.so
+    rm -rf main/.dub
+    rm main/fake-gtkd-test
+    echo ${DUB}
+    cd fake-gtkd && ${DUB} build -v --compiler=${DC} || exit 1
+    cd ../main
+
+    # `run` needs to find the fake-gtkd shared library, so set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to where it is
+    # pkg-config needs to find our .pc file which is in $(pwd)/../fake-gtkd/pkgconfig, so set PKG_CONFIG_PATH accordingly
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:$(pwd)/../fake-gtkd PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(pwd)/../fake-gtkd/pkgconfig ${DUB} -v run --force --compiler=${DC} || exit 1
+    cd ..
+    rm -rf fake-gtkd/.dub
+    rm fake-gtkd/libfake-gtkd.so
+    rm -rf main/.dub
+    rm main/fake-gtkd-test
+fi
diff --git a/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config.sh.min_frontend b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config.sh.min_frontend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7ad183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config.sh.min_frontend
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2.068
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/.no_build b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/.no_build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/.no_build
diff --git a/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/.no_run b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/.no_run
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/.no_run
diff --git a/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/.no_test b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/.no_test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/.no_test
diff --git a/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/fake-gtkd/dub.json b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/fake-gtkd/dub.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2c4bcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/fake-gtkd/dub.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "name" : "fake-gtkd",
+    "targetType": "dynamicLibrary",
+    "description" : "Fake GtkD shared library for testing",
+}
diff --git a/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/fake-gtkd/pkgconfig/fake-gtkd.pc b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/fake-gtkd/pkgconfig/fake-gtkd.pc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f06032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/fake-gtkd/pkgconfig/fake-gtkd.pc
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prefix=../fake-gtkd
+libdir=${prefix}
+includedir=${prefix}/src
+
+Name: fake-gtkd
+Description: Fake GtkD shared library for testing
+Version: 1.0.0
+#Requires: phobos2
+# The "-L-defaultlib=libphobos2.so" and "-defaultlib=libphobos2.so" should both end up on the compiler (at link stage) invokation as "-defaultlib=libphobos2.so"
+# For this test, it doesn't hurt that they appear twice on the cmd line...
+Libs: -L-L${libdir} -L-l:libfake-gtkd.so -L-l:libdl.so.2 -pthread -L-defaultlib=libphobos2.so -defaultlib=libphobos2.so
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/fake-gtkd/src/fakegtkd.d b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/fake-gtkd/src/fakegtkd.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0990da6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/fake-gtkd/src/fakegtkd.d
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+extern (C) string test_function() {
+  return "Fake GtkD shared library";
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/fake-gtkd/src/lib.d b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/fake-gtkd/src/lib.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/fake-gtkd/src/lib.d
diff --git a/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/main/dub.json b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/main/dub.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e45cbf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/main/dub.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "name" : "fake-gtkd-test",
+    "description" : "Small test executable calling a Fake GtkD shared library function for testing",
+    "importPaths" : ["../fake-gtkd/src"],
+    "libs" : ["fake-gtkd"]
+}
diff --git a/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/main/src/app.d b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/main/src/app.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08adda8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue782-gtkd-pkg-config/main/src/app.d
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import std.stdio;
+import fakegtkd;
+
+int main() {
+  writeln(test_function());
+  return 0;
+}
\ No newline at end of file