diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0541de9..b3f3f09 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 #
 ##############################################################################
 
+VERSION=$(shell sed -n 's/\#define LIBDEFLATE_VERSION_STRING.*"\(.*\)"/\1/p' libdeflate.h)
+
 #### Common compiler flags.  You can add additional flags by defining CFLAGS
 #### in the environment or on the 'make' command line.
 ####
@@ -308,14 +310,24 @@ DEFAULT_TARGETS += gunzip$(PROG_SUFFIX)
 
 all:$(DEFAULT_TARGETS)
 
+# we don't generate the pkg-config file until install time, as needed
+# definitions might not exist until then.
+PKGCONFBASE:=libdeflate.pc.in
+
 # Install the files.  Note: not all versions of the 'install' program have the
 # '-D' and '-t' options, so don't use them; use portable commands only.
-install:all
-	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(INCDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
+install:all $(PKGCONFBASE)
+	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/pkgconfig $(DESTDIR)$(INCDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
 	install -m644 $(STATIC_LIB) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
 	if [ -z "$(DISABLE_SHARED)" ]; then				\
 		install -m755 $(SHARED_LIB) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR);	\
 	fi
+	sed -e "s|@PREFIX@|$(PREFIX)|" \
+		  -e "s|@LIBDIR@|$(LIBDIR)|" \
+		  -e "s|@INCDIR@|$(INCDIR)|" \
+			-e "s|@VERSION@|$(VERSION)|" \
+			$(PKGCONFBASE) > \
+			$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/pkgconfig/$(basename $(PKGCONFBASE))
 	install -m644 libdeflate.h $(DESTDIR)$(INCDIR)
 	install -m755 gzip$(PROG_SUFFIX) \
 		$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/libdeflate-gzip$(PROG_SUFFIX)
@@ -331,7 +343,8 @@ uninstall:
 	      $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/$(SHARED_LIB)				\
 	      $(DESTDIR)$(INCDIR)/libdeflate.h				\
 	      $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/libdeflate-gzip$(PROG_SUFFIX)		\
-	      $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/libdeflate-gunzip$(PROG_SUFFIX)
+	      $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/libdeflate-gunzip$(PROG_SUFFIX) \
+				$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/pkgconfig/libdeflate.pc
 	if [ -n "$(SHARED_LIB_SYMLINK)" ]; then				\
 		rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/$(SHARED_LIB_SYMLINK);	\
 	fi
diff --git a/libdeflate.pc.in b/libdeflate.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ee55a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libdeflate.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+prefix=@PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+includedir=@INCDIR@
+libdir=@LIBDIR@
+
+Name: libdeflate
+Description: Fast implementation of DEFLATE, zlib, and gzip
+Version: @VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -ldeflate
+Cflags: -I${includedir}