diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 87553f2..de4ba79 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ lib/*.la
 *.dylib
 *.exe
 *.tar.gz
+*.pc
 libtool
 m4/
 tests/.deps/
@@ -30,3 +31,4 @@ tests/Makefile.in
 
 # editor temp files
 *.sw[nop]
+*~
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 500455e..432962b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 SUBDIRS = lib tests
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+pkgconfig_DATA = libsirocco.pc
 dist-hook:
 	cp README.md $(distdir)
 	cp ZVK.py $(distdir)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e40a64b..e1ce239 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall])
 AM_PROG_AR
 AC_PROG_CXX
+PKG_INSTALLDIR
 LT_INIT([shared win32-dll])
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AS_CASE([$host_os], [*cygwin* | *mingw*], [SIROCCO_LDFLAGS=-no-undefined])
 AC_SUBST(SIROCCO_LDFLAGS)
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile lib/Makefile tests/Makefile])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile lib/Makefile tests/Makefile libsirocco.pc])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/libsirocco.pc.in b/libsirocco.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1c8517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libsirocco.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: @PACKAGE_NAME@
+URL: https://github.com/miguelmarco/SIROCCO2
+Description: Sirocco Is a ROot Certified COntinuator
+Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lsirocco
+Cflags: -I${includedir}