diff --git a/src/c/config/CMakeLists.txt b/src/c/config/CMakeLists.txt
index 455c4089..1fb80286 100644
--- a/src/c/config/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/c/config/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,3 +54,12 @@ ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/perfflowaspect.pc)
 
 install(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/config/perfflowaspect.pc
         DESTINATION share)
+
+# generated the config.mk
+configure_file ("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/perfflowaspect_config.mk.in"
+                "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/perfflowaspect_config.mk")
+
+# install the config.mk
+install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/perfflowaspect_config.mk"
+        DESTINATION ${PERFFLOWASPECT_INSTALL_CMAKE_MODULE_DIR})
+
diff --git a/src/c/config/perfflowaspect_config.mk.in b/src/c/config/perfflowaspect_config.mk.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c855c0cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/c/config/perfflowaspect_config.mk.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+PERFFLOWASPECT_DIR = @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+
+# setup rpath helper
+PERFFLOWASPECT_LINK_RPATH = -Wl,-rpath,$(PERFFLOWASPECT_DIR)/lib
+
+PERFFLOWASPECT_LIB_FLAGS = -L $(PERFFLOWASPECT_DIR)/lib -lperfflowaspect -Wc,-Xclang,-load