diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 331892af..2401c646 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -39,16 +39,17 @@ datarootdir=@datarootdir@
 exec_prefix = @exec_prefix@
 bindir = @bindir@
 docdir = @docdir@
+libdir = @libdir@
 
 srcdir = @srcdir@
 INSTALL = @INSTALL@
 
-all : default @GETDNS_QUERY@
+all : default @GETDNS_QUERY@ 
 
 default:
 	cd src && $(MAKE) $@
 
-install: all @INSTALL_GETDNS_QUERY@
+install: all getdns.pc @INSTALL_GETDNS_QUERY@
 	$(INSTALL) -m 755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)
 	$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(srcdir)/AUTHORS $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)
 	$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(srcdir)/ChangeLog $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ install: all @INSTALL_GETDNS_QUERY@
 	$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(srcdir)/LICENSE $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)
 	$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(srcdir)/NEWS $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)
 	$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(srcdir)/README.md $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)
+	$(INSTALL) -m 644 -d $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/pkgconfig
+	$(INSTALL) -m 644 getdns.pc $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/pkgconfig
 	$(INSTALL) -m 755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/spec
 	$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(srcdir)/spec/index.html $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/spec
 	$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(srcdir)/spec/getdns*tgz $(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/spec || true
@@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ clean:
 	cd src && $(MAKE) $@
 	cd doc && $(MAKE) $@
 	cd spec/example && $(MAKE) $@
-	rm -f *.o
+	rm -f *.o *.pc
 
 depend:
 	cd src && $(MAKE) $@
@@ -232,6 +235,9 @@ distcheck: $(distdir).tar.gz
 	rm -rf $(distdir)
 	@echo "*** Package $(distdir).tar.gz is ready for distribution"
 
+getdns.pc: getdns.pc.in
+	./config.status $@
+
 Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in config.status
 	./config.status $@
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9d251905..85c669a4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ AC_SUBST(GETDNS_QUERY)
 AC_SUBST(INSTALL_GETDNS_QUERY)
 AC_SUBST(UNINSTALL_GETDNS_QUERY)
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile src/version.c src/getdns/getdns.h src/getdns/getdns_extra.h spec/example/Makefile src/test/Makefile doc/Makefile])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile src/version.c src/getdns/getdns.h src/getdns/getdns_extra.h spec/example/Makefile src/test/Makefile doc/Makefile getdns.pc])
 if [ test -n "$DOXYGEN" ]
     then AC_CONFIG_FILES([src/Doxyfile])
 fi
diff --git a/getdns.pc.in b/getdns.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..604f800f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/getdns.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+
+Name: getdns 
+Version: @GETDNS_VERSION@
+Description: A modern asynchronous DNS library
+
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lgetdns
+Cflags: -I${includedir}