diff --git a/Make.Rules b/Make.Rules
index 8393738..eea456d 100644
--- a/Make.Rules
+++ b/Make.Rules
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 SBINDIR=$(FAKEROOT)$(exec_prefix)/sbin
 INCDIR=$(FAKEROOT)$(inc_prefix)/include
 LIBDIR=$(FAKEROOT)$(lib_prefix)/$(lib)
+PKGCONFIGDIR=$(FAKEROOT)$(prefix)/$(lib)/pkgconfig
 
 # common defines for libcap
 LIBTITLE=libcap
diff --git a/README b/README
index b4740f0..7356eac 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 		installs the library libcap.XX.Y in /lib[64]/
 		the binaries in /sbin/
 		the <sys/capability.h> file in /usr/include
+		the libcap.pc file in /usr/lib[64]/pkgconfig
 
 * for some example programs look in progs.
 
diff --git a/libcap/Makefile b/libcap/Makefile
index 5e92596..6aa1055 100644
--- a/libcap/Makefile
+++ b/libcap/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 ifeq ($(LIBATTR),yes)
 FILES += cap_file
 LDFLAGS += -lattr
+DEPS = -lattr
 endif
 
 INCLS=libcap.h cap_names.h $(INCS)
@@ -25,13 +26,22 @@
 MINLIBNAME=$(MAJLIBNAME).$(MINOR)
 GPERF_OUTPUT = _caps_output.gperf
 
-all: $(MINLIBNAME) $(STALIBNAME)
+all: $(MINLIBNAME) $(STALIBNAME) libcap.pc
 
 ifeq ($(shell gperf --version > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo yes),yes)
 USE_GPERF_OUTPUT = $(GPERF_OUTPUT)
 INCLUDE_GPERF_OUTPUT = -include $(GPERF_OUTPUT)
 endif
 
+libcap.pc: libcap.pc.in
+	sed -e 's,@prefix@,$(prefix),' \
+		-e 's,@exec_prefix@,$(exec_prefix),' \
+		-e 's,@libdir@,$(lib_prefix)/$(lib),' \
+		-e 's,@includedir@,$(inc_prefix)/include,' \
+		-e 's,@VERSION@,$(VERSION).$(MINOR),' \
+		-e 's,@deps@,$(DEPS),' \
+		$< >$@
+
 _makenames: _makenames.c cap_names.list.h
 	$(BUILD_CC) $(BUILD_CFLAGS) $< -o $@
 
@@ -71,9 +81,11 @@
 ifeq ($(FAKEROOT),)
 	-/sbin/ldconfig
 endif
+	mkdir -p -m 0755 $(PKGCONFIGDIR)
+	install -m 0644 libcap.pc $(PKGCONFIGDIR)/libcap.pc
 
 clean:
 	$(LOCALCLEAN)
-	rm -f $(OBJS) $(LIBNAME)* $(STALIBNAME)
+	rm -f $(OBJS) $(LIBNAME)* $(STALIBNAME) libcap.pc
 	rm -f cap_names.h cap_names.list.h _makenames $(GPERF_OUTPUT)
 	cd include/sys && $(LOCALCLEAN)
diff --git a/libcap/libcap.pc.in b/libcap/libcap.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a28e3e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcap/libcap.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: libcap
+Description: libcap
+Version: @VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lcap
+Libs.private: @deps@
+Cflags: -I${includedir}