diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 94f66b35..ddd45636 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ doc/html/*
 /Makefile
 /install_manifest*
 /libvmime.a
-/libvmime.pc
+/vmime.pc
 /vmime/config.hpp
 /COPYING.txt
 /build/
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 40f15c74..2f246d74 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -825,8 +825,8 @@ ENDIF()
 CONFIGURE_FILE(cmake/config.hpp.cmake ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/vmime/config.hpp)
 
 # PkgConfig post-configuration
-CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/libvmime.pc.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libvmime.pc @ONLY)
-INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libvmime.pc DESTINATION "${VMIME_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig" COMPONENT headers)
+CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/vmime.pc.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/vmime.pc @ONLY)
+INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/vmime.pc DESTINATION "${VMIME_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig" COMPONENT headers)
 
 INCLUDE(CPack)
 
diff --git a/libvmime.pc.in b/vmime.pc.in
similarity index 100%
rename from libvmime.pc.in
rename to vmime.pc.in