diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3b620b2..e1f230f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ file(RELATIVE_PATH RELATIVE_LIBDIR
 
 message(STATUS "CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
 
+set(SHAPELIB_PC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/shapelib.pc)
+configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/shapelib.pc.cmake.in
+  ${SHAPELIB_PC} @ONLY
+)
+
 if(NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES AND NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
   # Set a default build type for single-configuration cmake generators
   # if no build type is set.
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index dc8ed14..267c28e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = makefile.vc CMakeLists.txt autogen.sh \
 		cmake/contrib.cmake \
 		cmake/project-config-version.cmake.in \
 		cmake/project-config.cmake.in \
+		cmake/shapelib.pc.cmake.in \
 		tests/test1.sh tests/test2.sh tests/test3.sh \
 		tests/stream1.out tests/stream1.out tests/stream1.out \
 		web/maptools.css \
diff --git a/cmake/shapelib.pc.cmake.in b/cmake/shapelib.pc.cmake.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57c62bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/shapelib.pc.cmake.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
+datarootdir=${prefix}/share
+datadir=${datarootdir}
+includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
+
+Name: shapelib
+Description: C API for processing ESRI Shapefiles
+Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lshp
+Cflags: -I${includedir}