diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a2baa14..4c4115c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ missing
 *.la
 stamp-h1
 *.pyc
+*.pc
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index e64f397..2a69f16 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 EXTRA_DIST = CHANGES LICENSE README.rst
 SUBDIRS = doc src test
 
+pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+pkgconfig_DATA = jansson.pc
+
 distcheck-hook:
 	sphinx-build -b html -W \
 		$(distdir)/doc \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5df7d77..1bda9de 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 # Checks for library functions.
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
+        jansson.pc
         Makefile
         doc/Makefile
         src/Makefile
diff --git a/jansson.pc.in b/jansson.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9bf4da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jansson.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+
+Name: Jansson
+Description: Library for encoding, decoding and manipulating JSON data
+Version: @VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -ljansson
+Cflags: -I${includedir}