diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9e2b6987dc4bbd8987f80bcddbb2dbcdbc17bcb0..f9ea2d53ee032ccaeb9d64268fc0db88e53d7884 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ libidn2-*.tar.gz
 libidn2-*.tar.gz.sig
 libidn2-*/
 libidn2.la
+libidn2.pc
 libtool
 m4/*
 maint.mk
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f8512310e09216f79489dcdce1327a5beb9aec83..438b4ceb8845fc962ce7bb0421f46c4afa58bcba 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -113,3 +113,6 @@ check-coverage:
 
 clean-local:
 	rm -rf */*.gc?? */*/*.gc?? $(LCOV_INFO) lcov
+
+pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+pkgconfig_DATA = libidn2.pc
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bfaff9a4ed81e00c2aa072da63b924bf9bba414b..6087f20b3ce3a175ca709fec8b0f11dcd94f61ee 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
   examples/Makefile
   idn2.h
   lib/Makefile
+  libidn2.pc
   po/Makefile.in
   src/Makefile
   tests/Makefile
diff --git a/libidn2.pc.in b/libidn2.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0dade23488659219e19ef5c7692768dcd7458d26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libidn2.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+includedir=@includedir@
+libdir=@libdir@
+
+Name: libidn2
+Description: Library implementing IDNA2008 and TR46
+Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lidn2
+Libs.private: @LTLIBICONV@ @LTLIBUNISTRING@