diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 47712deb..e9517115 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror dist-bzip2 subdir-objects])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([config.h.in])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+PKG_INSTALLDIR()
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Global
@@ -1112,6 +1113,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
         examples/xenomai_posix/Makefile
         include/Makefile
         lib/Makefile
+        lib/libethercat.pc
         m4/Makefile
         master/Kbuild
         master/Makefile
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index 764e6b6a..d0cb1bd6 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ libethercat_la_CFLAGS = -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -I$(top_srcdir)
 #
 libethercat_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 2:0:1
 
+pkgconfig_DATA = libethercat.pc
+
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if ENABLE_RTDM
diff --git a/lib/libethercat.pc.in b/lib/libethercat.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54a20b98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/libethercat.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#
+#  pkgconfig file for ethercat library
+#
+#  Copyright 2021 Bjarne von Horn (vh at igh dot de)
+#
+#  This file is part of the ethercat library.
+#
+#  The ethercat library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+#  option) any later version.
+#
+#  The ethercat library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+#  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+#  or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public
+#  License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+#  along with the ethercat library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#  ---
+#
+#  The license mentioned above concerns the source code only. Using the
+#  EtherCAT technology and brand is only permitted in compliance with the
+#  industrial property and similar rights of Beckhoff Automation GmbH.
+#
+#  vim: tw=78 noexpandtab
+#
+
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: libethercat
+Description: Client support library for the EtherCAT Master
+URL: http://www.etherlab.org
+Version: @VERSION@
+Libs:  -L${libdir} -lethercat
+Cflags: -I${includedir}