diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e24e48dc..0168bc75 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ doc/html/*
 /install_manifest*
 /libvmime.a
 /libvmime.pc
-/libvmime*
 /vmime/config.hpp
 /COPYING.txt
 /build/
diff --git a/libvmime.pc.in b/libvmime.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5745c52f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libvmime.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: @VMIME_LIBRARY_NAME@
+Description: @VMIME_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION@
+Version: @VMIME_PACKAGE_VERSION@
+Requires: @VMIME_PKGCONFIG_REQUIRES@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lvmime @VMIME_PKGCONFIG_LIBS@
+Cflags: -I${includedir}/ @VMIME_PKGCONFIG_CFLAGS@
+