diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 21916481..1d390745 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@
 SUBDIRS=lib test-server
 
 EXTRA_DIST=scripts/kernel-doc
+
+pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+pkgconfig_DATA = libwebsockets.pc
+
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9acd2d59..3fadff19 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -127,4 +127,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
                  lib/Makefile
                  test-server/Makefile])
 
-AC_OUTPUT
+AC_OUTPUT([
+libwebsockets.pc
+])
diff --git a/libwebsockets.pc.in b/libwebsockets.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fadd72d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libwebsockets.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: libwebsockets
+Description: Websockets server and client library
+Version: @VERSION@
+
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lwebsockets
+Cflags: -I${includedir}