diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0d4def58ce..1fc4842187 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1352,6 +1352,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
                  doc/manpages/Makefile
                  html/Makefile
                  lib/Makefile
+                 lib/libboinc.pc
                  locale/Makefile
                  Makefile
                  py/Boinc/version.py
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index 448a0670a8..7dd5308dbf 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ noinst_HEADERS = \
     unix_util.h
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libboinc.la
+pkgconfig_DATA = libboinc.pc
 libboinc_la_SOURCES = $(generic_sources) $(mac_sources) $(win_sources)
 libboinc_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(PICFLAGS) $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
 libboinc_la_CXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(PICFLAGS) $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/lib/libboinc.pc.in b/lib/libboinc.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8b63369e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/libboinc.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: boinc
+Description: BOINC library
+Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
+
+Cflags: -I${includedir}/boinc
+Cflags.private: @PTHREAD_CFLAGS@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lboinc
+Libs.private: @PTHREAD_LIBS@