diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c0cc4459a7..ed2dabc98c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1385,6 +1385,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
                  tools/Makefile
                  vda/Makefile
                  zip/Makefile
+                 zip/libboinc_zip.pc
                  zip/zip/Makefile
                  zip/unzip/Makefile
                  m4/Makefile
diff --git a/zip/Makefile.am b/zip/Makefile.am
index f7cfe53963..94194181bc 100644
--- a/zip/Makefile.am
+++ b/zip/Makefile.am
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ libboinc_zip_sources += \
 endif
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libboinc_zip.la
+pkgconfig_DATA = libboinc_zip.pc
 libboinc_zip_la_SOURCES = $(libboinc_zip_sources)
 libboinc_zip_la_LDFLAGS = -version-number $(LIBBOINC_VERSION)
 libboinc_zip_la_LIBADD =
diff --git a/zip/libboinc_zip.pc.in b/zip/libboinc_zip.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..104763ef0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zip/libboinc_zip.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: boinc_zip
+Description: Compression functions for BOINC applications
+Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
+URL: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/FileCompression
+
+Cflags: -I${includedir}/boinc
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lboinc_zip