diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c70ec94..08e26bb9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 /libbtrfsutil.so*
 /libbtrfsutil.a
 
+/libbtrfsutil/libbtrfsutil.pc
+
 /fssum
 /testsuite-id
 /tests/*-tests-results.txt
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c788b91b..381b630d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -779,6 +779,8 @@ endif
 	$(INSTALL) -m755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(incdir)/btrfs
 	$(INSTALL) -m644 $(libbtrfs_headers) $(DESTDIR)$(incdir)/btrfs
 	$(INSTALL) -m644 libbtrfsutil/btrfsutil.h $(DESTDIR)$(incdir)
+	$(INSTALL) -m755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(pkgconfigdir)
+	$(INSTALL) -m644 libbtrfsutil/libbtrfsutil.pc $(DESTDIR)$(pkgconfigdir)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(PYTHON_BINDINGS),1)
diff --git a/Makefile.inc.in b/Makefile.inc.in
index f3cd2733..9f493371 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc.in
+++ b/Makefile.inc.in
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ libdir ?= @libdir@
 incdir = @includedir@
 udevdir = @UDEVDIR@
 udevruledir = ${udevdir}/rules.d
+pkgconfigdir = @pkgconfigdir@
 
 # external libs required by various binaries; for btrfs-foo,
 # specify btrfs_foo_libs = <list of libs>; see $($(subst...)) rules in Makefile
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8acbf984..7b7675aa 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ LIBBTRFS_MAJOR=0
 LIBBTRFS_MINOR=1
 LIBBTRFS_PATCHLEVEL=2
 
+BTRFS_UTIL_VERSION_MAJOR=`sed -rn 's/^\#define BTRFS_UTIL_VERSION_MAJOR ([0-9])+$/\1/p' libbtrfsutil/btrfsutil.h`
+BTRFS_UTIL_VERSION_MINOR=`sed -rn 's/^\#define BTRFS_UTIL_VERSION_MINOR ([0-9])+$/\1/p' libbtrfsutil/btrfsutil.h`
+BTRFS_UTIL_VERSION_PATCH=`sed -rn 's/^\#define BTRFS_UTIL_VERSION_PATCH ([0-9])+$/\1/p' libbtrfsutil/btrfsutil.h`
+
 CFLAGS=${CFLAGS:-"-g -O1 -Wall -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"}
 AC_SUBST([CFLAGS])
 
@@ -300,18 +304,25 @@ AC_SUBST([LZO2_LIBS])
 AC_SUBST([LZO2_LIBS_STATIC])
 AC_SUBST([LZO2_CFLAGS])
 
+dnl call PKG_INSTALLDIR from pkg.m4 to set pkgconfigdir
+m4_ifdef([PKG_INSTALLDIR], [PKG_INSTALLDIR], [AC_MSG_ERROR([please install pkgconf])])
 
 dnl library stuff
 AC_SUBST([LIBBTRFS_MAJOR])
 AC_SUBST([LIBBTRFS_MINOR])
 AC_SUBST([LIBBTRFS_PATCHLEVEL])
 
+AC_SUBST([BTRFS_UTIL_VERSION_MAJOR])
+AC_SUBST([BTRFS_UTIL_VERSION_MINOR])
+AC_SUBST([BTRFS_UTIL_VERSION_PATCH])
+
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 Makefile.inc
 Documentation/Makefile
 version.h
+libbtrfsutil/libbtrfsutil.pc
 ])
 
 AC_OUTPUT
@@ -327,6 +338,7 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT([
 	bindir:             ${bindir}
 	libdir:             ${libdir}
 	includedir:         ${includedir}
+	pkgconfigdir:       ${pkgconfigdir}
 
 	compiler:           ${CC}
 	cflags:             ${CFLAGS}
diff --git a/libbtrfsutil/libbtrfsutil.pc.in b/libbtrfsutil/libbtrfsutil.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81e66622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libbtrfsutil/libbtrfsutil.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: libbtrfsutil
+Description: libbtrfsutil library
+Version: @BTRFS_UTIL_VERSION_MAJOR@.@BTRFS_UTIL_VERSION_MINOR@.@BTRFS_UTIL_VERSION_PATCH@
+URL: http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lbtrfsutil