diff --git a/recipes/pcre2/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/pcre2/all/conanfile.py
index 14600c9abe85c9..808167fb88d672 100644
--- a/recipes/pcre2/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/pcre2/all/conanfile.py
@@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ def _patch_sources(self):
         replace_in_file(self, cmakelists,
                               "RUNTIME DESTINATION bin",
                               "RUNTIME DESTINATION bin BUNDLE DESTINATION bin")
+        # pcre2-config does not correctly include '-static' in static library names
+        if Version(self.version) > "10.36":
+            replace_in_file(self, cmakelists,
+                            "CONFIGURE_FILE(libpcre2-posix.pc.in",
+                            ('if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)\n'
+                             '  string(PREPEND LIB_POSTFIX "-static")\n'
+                             'endif()\n'
+                             'CONFIGURE_FILE(libpcre2-posix.pc.in'))
 
     def build(self):
         self._patch_sources()
@@ -166,7 +174,7 @@ def package_info(self):
 
         if self.options.build_pcre2grep:
             bin_path = os.path.join(self.package_folder, "bin")
-            self.output.info("Appending PATH environment variable: {}".format(bin_path))
+            self.output.info(f"Appending PATH environment variable: {bin_path}")
             self.env_info.PATH.append(bin_path)
             # FIXME: This is a workaround to avoid ConanException. zlib and bzip2
             # are optional requirements of pcre2grep executable, not of any pcre2 lib.
diff --git a/recipes/pcre2/all/test_package/conanfile.py b/recipes/pcre2/all/test_package/conanfile.py
index 0a6bc68712d901..d0bc51cb53f7ae 100644
--- a/recipes/pcre2/all/test_package/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/pcre2/all/test_package/conanfile.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 from conan import ConanFile
 from conan.tools.build import can_run
+from conan.tools.files import save, load
 from conan.tools.cmake import CMake, cmake_layout
+from conan.tools.scm import Version
 import os
+from io import StringIO
 
 
 class TestPackageConan(ConanFile):
@@ -9,12 +12,29 @@ class TestPackageConan(ConanFile):
     generators = "CMakeToolchain", "CMakeDeps", "VirtualRunEnv"
     test_type = "explicit"
 
+    @property
+    def _settings_build(self):
+        return getattr(self, "settings_build", self.settings)
+
     def layout(self):
         cmake_layout(self)
 
     def requirements(self):
         self.requires(self.tested_reference_str)
 
+    def build_requirements(self):
+        self.tool_requires(self.tested_reference_str)
+        if self._settings_build.os == "Windows":
+            self.win_bash = True
+            if not self.conf.get("tools.microsoft.bash:path", check_type=str):
+                self.tool_requires("msys2/cci.latest")
+
+    def generate(self):
+        pcre2_cpp_info = self.dependencies["pcre2"].cpp_info.aggregated_components()
+        save(self, os.path.join(self.build_folder, "bindir"), pcre2_cpp_info.bindir)
+        save(self, os.path.join(self.build_folder, "libdir"), pcre2_cpp_info.libdir)
+        save(self, os.path.join(self.build_folder, "libs"), " ".join(pcre2_cpp_info.libs))
+
     def build(self):
         cmake = CMake(self)
         cmake.configure()
@@ -22,5 +42,17 @@ def build(self):
 
     def test(self):
         if can_run(self):
-            bin_path = os.path.join(self.cpp.build.bindirs[0], "test_package")
+            bin_path = os.path.join(self.cpp.build.bindir, "test_package")
             self.run(bin_path, env="conanrun")
+
+            if Version(self.tested_reference_str.split("/")[1]) >= "10.36":
+                bindir = load(self, os.path.join(self.build_folder, "bindir"))
+                libdir = load(self, os.path.join(self.build_folder, "libdir")).replace("\\", "/")
+                libs = load(self, os.path.join(self.build_folder, "libs")).split(" ")
+                output = StringIO()
+                self.run(f"bash {bindir}/pcre2-config --libs8", output)
+                conf = output.getvalue().strip().split(" ")
+                assert f"-L{libdir}" in conf, f"Expected '-L{libdir}' not set by pcre2-config: {conf}"
+                for param in conf:
+                    if param.startswith("-l"):
+                        assert param[2:] in libs, f"Invalid library target '{param[2:]}' output by pcre2-config. Not found in {libs}."