diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 87a408ab..75f0f59b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ if(CEREAL_INSTALL)
     else()
         write_basic_package_version_file("${versionFile}" COMPATIBILITY SameMajorVersion)
     endif()
+    configure_file(
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}.pc.in
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}.pc
+        @ONLY
+    )
 
     install(FILES ${configFile} ${versionFile} DESTINATION ${configInstallDestination})
     install(
@@ -103,6 +108,10 @@ if(CEREAL_INSTALL)
         NAMESPACE "cereal::"
         DESTINATION ${configInstallDestination}
     )
+    install(
+        FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}.pc
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/pkgconfig
+    )
 endif()
 
 
diff --git a/cereal.pc.in b/cereal.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ee10f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cereal.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
+
+Name: @PROJECT_NAME@
+Description: cereal is a header-only C++11 serialization library
+URL: https://uscilab.github.io/cereal/
+Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
+Cflags: -I"${includedir}"